Past the Shallows- Characters
Name the three brothers.
Double points if you name them oldest to youngest
What state is the novel set in?
Double points if you can name the coast.
Tasmania
East Coast
Who wrote Unpolished Gem?
Triple points if you can name the career the author had before they worte the text.
Alice Pung
Lawyer
How many poems do we study in the module?
Triple points if you can name them all
6
Harbour Dusk
Journey to the North Coast
Byron Bay Winter
Description of a Walk
Flames and Dangling Wire
24 Poems
Name the module the quote comes from.
"Behind us, the city driven like stakes into the earth."
Double points of you can name the poem or character who said the quote.
Module B Robert Gray
Flames and Dangling Wire
What day of the week was Harry's funeral held?
Double Points
Friday
What is the name of George's dog?
Jake
What country did Alice's parents migrate from?
Double points if you can name the city they stayed in before coming to Australia.
Cambodia
Phnom Pehn
Name the poem that this quote comes from:
ike a bird’s,
flees on the blue and silver paddocks,
Journey to the North Coast
Name the module the quote comes from.
My grandmother was meant to be part of me forever, so that I would always know that there was a life before me, and a life after me."
Double points of you can name the poem or character who said the quote.
Alice
Who takes Miles home when his father gets angry and leaves him in the ute?
Mr Roberts
Who goes with Harry to go through the belongings at his grandfathers house?
Double points if you can name the thing at the his grandfaters that helps them uncover the truth about the accident.
Miles,
The Car or car seat
What is the name of Alice's boyfriend?
Double points if you can describe what he does at dinner to try and impress Alice's parents
Michael
Eats prawns when he is a vegetarian
Name the poem this quote comes from:
a sky of mulberry
and orange chiffon
Harbour Dusk
Name the module the quote comes from.
It was Harry. Miles could see him now.
Double points of you can name the poem , voice or character who said the quote.
Text and Human Experience, Past the Shallows
Narrator
Who is Harry's biological father?
Uncle Nick
Where does Miles find the sharks tooth?
Double Points
In the car wreckage
When Alice is caught in her room with Michael, what does she claim they are doing?
Vaccuming
Name the poem this quote comes from:
A cathedral –
long tapers of rain light
Double points if you can name the setting for this section of the poem
Poem 24
Riverbank
Name the module the quote comes from.
“ Ay, stop gawking like such a peasant”
Double points of you can name the poem or character who said the quote.
Aunt Que
Who does Miles tell first when he remember that uncle Nick was in the car with his mother when it crashed?
His brother Joe
What was the family business?
Abalone fisherman
What type of shop does Alice's dad run? Double points if you can name it.
Electronics shop
Kuan's
Gray is known as an Imagist poet. Name two features/elements of this poetry.
Double points if you can name the year this category of poetry was created.
Visual Imagery, simple language, exploring emotions, urban and city world
1912
Name the module the quote comes from.
"I'm not going. I don't want to see those people."
Double points of you can name the poem or character who said the quote.
Text and Human Experience Past the Shallows
Miles