Author and Background
Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina are Aboriginal writers.
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
Freckly, redheaded she is the second-in-command to local police chief Derek Bell in the rural Australian town where they both grew up.
Alison (Allie) Hartley
How did Beth die?
In a car accident
I’m a ball curled up. I’m a glass thrown against rock. Shattered. Bits of me everywhere. I’ll never find them all. No one will.
Catching
Which Prime Minister made a formal apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008?
a) Kevin Rudd
b) Julia Gillard
c) Tony Abbott
d) Scott Morrison
a) Kevin Rudd
What year was Catching Teller Crow first published?
a) 2015
b) 2016
c) 2017
d) 2018
d) 2018
A skinny man with glasses, is the heir of a rich family in a rural Australian town who donated a house for a children's home.
Alexander Sholt
Why did Beth's grandpa kick her father (Michael) out of home?
He began seeing Beth's mum, an Aboriginal.
‘You have colours. So many. Soon they’ll come and you won’t be full of colours. You’ll be full of screams.’
Crow
The following quote can be best described as:
"My father was stuck in grief like a man caught in a muddy swamp."
a) rhyme
b) personification
c) alliteration
d) simile
d) simile
What animal is a character and also a recurring symbol in the book?
Crow
Which of Beth's aunties never wears grey?
Auntie Viv
They have been stabbed.
‘She has colours,’
‘Bright,’
‘Beautiful. Like a rainbow.’
‘Are you alone, little rainbow?’
(Two characters)
The Fetchers
What is the difference in tense between Beth's chapters and Catching's chapters?
Beth = past tense
Catching = present tense
Which character said the following about Aboriginal concepts of life and time:
"Life doesn't move through time. Time moves through life."
Grandpa Jim
A tall man with unkempt hair, he provides medical care for the children at the children’s home in a rural Australian town.
Martin Flint
Who captures Catching and who is their boss?
The Fetchers and the Feed.
The colours were the place I’d glimpsed right after I’d died. The other side. And they were singing, or someone was. I couldn’t make out the words, but it sounded like a welcoming song. The kind a mother might sing to her child. I’d finally found Mum.
Beth
The authors of Catching Teller Crow are from which Australian state?
Western Australia
The Stolen Generations occurred between:
a) 1788 and 1888
b) 1910 and 1970
c) 1810 and 1870
d) 1950 and 2000
b) 1910 and 1970
Who gave Catching's great-great-grandma the name "Catching."?
Her white boss
What symbolises a person's soul/personality and the afterlife?
The colours.
This all there is? Seems thin, for an investigation into a missing kid.’
Who said it and who is the "kid" they are talking about?
Michael Teller, Sarah Blue
What is on each chapter heading?
A crow.