Literary Devices
"Sometimes it spoke to me, like the river" is an example of what literary device?
Personification
What is the name of Jay's mum?
Diedre
Name the DG (Director General) of the gallery that Jayne works at
Noni
Where does the novel take place?
Childhood: Lachlan Valley, Rural NSW
Adulthood: Canberra
What is the name of the farmer who ploughs the old ovens on his property?
Colin Tythe
What are the two kinds of narrative perspectives that feature in 'Where the Trees Were'?
Childhood timeline - First Person Narrative Perspective (I, we)
Adulthood timeline - Third Person Narrative Perspective (Jayne, she)
"it's not Jay I'm worried about" who being referred to here? and by who?
David about Ian
What is the word Jayne uses when explaining that she stole the tree and gave it back to the owners?
"I facilitated its return to its rightful owners"
When does the novel take place?
Childhood timeline - 1987, Adulthood timeline - 2004
What is the title of the article that gets posted in The Canberra Times about the arborglyphs?
STOLEN
Simpson details the last days of the summer holidays before the children start high school. They play in the hay shed. Kieran kisses Jay. Jay draws a map of the grove. Jay narrates that, 'So much had happened that summer. It was like a good story I had read over and over, and knew I would read again.' What is the literary device?
Simile
What is the word Ian uses to describe how the trees get put back into the ground when returned to Country?
"We had to cement them in - not quite the same. but still"
In the adult timeline, Jayne feels guilty about what her dad did to the trees. Why would she feel guilty, if referring to Ian?
Ian's mum tells her: "You kids have the right idea - to protect them" and "make sure you tell [your parents] it's an important place" yet Jay doesn't.
Burial site and a place for the initiation of young men
What school year level does Josh leave in?
Josh leaves at the end of Year 10 to work on the farm.
"We were younger, we were older - we were together" is an example of what literary device?
juxtaposition
Who is Jayne's companion down by the river?
The platypus
When thinking about the value of the arborglyphs (significance of cultural artefacts) - Jayne reflects that "you couldn't fake ...."
"you couldn't fake a four-hundred year old tree"
What passed into legislation in 1993?
The Native Title Act
What does Jayne get tattooed on her?
Jayne goes out riding. In the supermarket, she remembers how a friend introduced her and Sarah. Back home, Jayne finds a box containing an old sketch book. It contains the photo of the five children at the grove. Reflecting on the pattern of the tree she sketches it again. Jayne has her sketch tattooed on her shoulder.
When Jay's dad says "this farm has been in my family for bloody generations", what is this an example of?
Irony (as the land has been First Nations land for far longer)
What is the name of the play that the school puts on that both Jay and Kieran star in?
Julius Caesar
How many trees are returned to Country at the end of the book?
Seven
Who is the prime minister of Australia when the novel takes place?
Bob Hawke
Jayne and Sarah discuss burial. How does Jayne want to be buried?
she wants to be buried "in a cardboard box beneath a tree" and explains that "Tree burials are traditional in a lot of cultures"