Characters
Who is Nan Dear?
Who is Gladys getting ready to see in in the opening of the play?
Who is the Queen of England?
When Gladys cannot see the queen due to the hessian she says what?
"Hessian... like a Band-Aid over a sore."
This technique is used frequently in the play to show the divide between hope/expectation and reality.
What is a dream sequence?
Who is named Miss Maroopna-Shepparton?
Nancy Woolthorpe
Which character does not offer Gladys tea?
Who is the Bank Manager?
Where does Nan Dear tell Dolly that she must never go?
What is, past the cork trees?
When Gladys storms the town hall meeting, what does a councilor call her that gets her frustrated?
This iconic simile is used to describe the Hessian.
What is, "Like a band aid over a sore"?
What is the name of the Bank Manager scene (hint: it uses a play on words)?
What is, The Bank Vs Mrs Banks?
What is the name of Dolly's cousin?
Who is Leon?
Why does Gladys make her visit to the Bank Manager's office?
What is, to submit a job application for Dolly?
What does Nan Dear call Errol?
What is, Encyclops Boy?
When Errol is offering Dolly a "better life" Dolly's responses use both of these techniques:
What are repetition and rhetorical questions?
What significant weather event happens at the end of Act 1.
What is a flood?
What are Encyclopedia Brittanicas?
What is, that she cannot read?
What does Gladys say to her daughter Dolly when they are arguing?
What is, "you have to learn not to let them shame you"?
The Encyclopedia Britannica can be interpreted as a symbol of what.
What is, educational aspiration AND hope for the future, OR a symbol of colonial oppression.
After the flood, the family moves to a new housing development. What is it called?
What is Rumblara?
What detail is revealed about Errol Fischer in the final scene that causes Nan Dear to finally accept him?
What is the correct spelling of his surname - Vischer?
When Papa Dear does not show up at the town hall meeting, who delivers the speech in the finale?
Who is Gladys?
What does Nan Dear say about her family and dispossession?
What is, "They forced us to leave Cummeragunja. Our Home." ?
What important dramatic (scriptwriting) technique is used in the bank manager scene to convey some of the subtle interactions and power dynamics between the banker and Gladys.
What are stage directions?
What is, he agrees to help her learn to read.