Characters
Who is the protagonist (main character) of 'The Dog Runner'?
Ella
What has killed all the crops for food?
The ugly red fungus
Who says the following quote: "The world's turned upside down, baby Bell."
Dad
What theme does this quote relate to: "The world's turned upside down."
Dystopia/survival
What literary device is the following quote: "looking like the desert or the moon."
Simile
Whose idea is it to leave home and get out of the city?
Emery
What does Emery trade for two more doggos?
ANZAC Bickies
Who says the following quote: "we're gonna starve if we stay here."
Emery.
What theme does this quote relate to: "Ella, run back to the bathroom and get that old lipstick of your mum's and write on the bathroom walls for Dad so he knows where we've gone."
Family
What literary device is the following: "We gotta learn to walk on our heads!"
Metaphor
Who is missing from the family's home at the beginning of the story?
Mum/Jacqui
What kind of cheese does Ella and Emery receive from the farmers?
Goats cheese
Who says the following quote: "there's no grass in the whole world no more."
Ella
What theme does this quote relate to: "I'll catch up. Keep going. he throws himself down into the dirt and he is rolling behind a couple of tree stumps."
Bravery
The ugly red fungus killed all the wheat for flour, killed all the oats, killed the sugar cane for sugar."
What is the name of the farmer who dies?
Ted
Which of the dogs goes missing?
Wolf
Who says the following quote: "Emery is shivering just like me, and I pull my hoodie out of my backpack and tuck it around him."
Ella
What theme does this quote relate to: "But mostly I have to get to Emery. Nothing else matters."
Family
What literary device is the following" "the firelight dancing in his eyes."
Personification
What is the name of the man that lends Ella and Emery two possums?
Mike
Why does Ella and Emery's tent blow away?
Dust storm
Who says the following quote: "I'll open the door when the army arrives to sort out these streets."
Alvie Moore
What theme does this quote relate to: "I know he is right. I know we can't trust no one. I'm just too tired to go on without help."
Dystopia/survival
What literary device is the following: "silent, empty silos, waiting for grain that won't come and trains that don't run. They look sad, standing there so tall and proud."
Personification