Common Module - Billy Elliot
The name of the town the film is set in
What is Everington
These are the titles of the 6 prescribed poems
What is Trance, Eyes, Unearth, Oombulgarri, Key, Leaves
Christopher's teacher at school who suggested he write a mystery book.
Who is Siobhan?
Before directing Billy Elliot, Stephen Daldry was an award winning director in which other medium
What is theatre
Cobby Eckermann chooses these eyes at the end of her poem 'Eyes'
What are the 'eyes of rage'
The film is set during this year
What is 1984
The anthology is dedicated to
Who are "my mothers"
Ed Boone made special arrangements so Christopher could do this.
What is take A Level Maths test.
After university, Mark Haddon had this job
What is working as a caretaker for people with multiple sclerosis and severe autism.
The ballet class Billy takes costs this much
What is 50 pence
Billy's father does this to raise money for his son to attend his audition
What is sell his wife's jewellery
This is the reason Oombulgarri was closed
What is because it was deemed 'unlivable'
The length of time Christopher's mother has been "dead".
What is 2 years
Cobby Eckermann is from this state
4 yellow cars in a row signify this for Christopher
What is a Black Day
This symbolic song is played by the pianist during Billy's first ballet class
This is the final emotive line of 'Unearth'
What is "there is blood on the truth"
In an effort to regain his Christopher's trust, his father gives his son this present.
What is a Golden Retriever puppy.
What is mathematics
This is the first line of Billy Elliot
What is 'I was dancing when I was 12'
Billy Elliot is in this ballet at the end of the film - name the ballet and how he subverts it
What is Swan Lake, and he takes the female role
This is the definition of a synecdoche and an example relating to the poems
What is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole.
Eckermann’s poetry not only reflect her personal experiences, but elucidate the collective loss of culture and identity consequent to the history of Aboriginal dispossession in Australia.
Father takes Christopher here on Saturday, after a big fight and hitting Christopher for talking to Mrs. Alexander.
What is Twycross Zoo?
These are the names of Cobby Eckermann's birth mother and adoptive mother
What is Audrey and Frieda
This is the last line of Curious Incident
What is 'anything'