Novel Unit Test on "Walkabout"
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Walkabout Open Book Test. (No notebooks)
You will have the whole English period to complete the test.  (Journals are also due this period)

Note:  Examples from the book are necessary for full marks.  Exact quotes from the book are allowed, but after quotes you use as your answer you are still expected to explain it in your own words.


Section 1 - "Questions about Details"  (2 marks each)
  1. What happened to the plane?  The pilot?
  2. Why do they start walking, and why should they have stayed by the plane?
  3. Explain Peter and Mary's  first conflict with nature, their hunger!
  4. Why does Peter have an uneasy feeling even after the food had lessened his hunger?
  5. Describe the mirage they see from the top of the hills.
  6. Describe the fruit tree and its fruit, using the Aboriginal word.
  7. Describe in detail something that the Aboriginal boy teaches Peter and Mary about survival.
  8. What technique for catching fish does the Boy show Peter in Chapter 12?


Section 2 - "Questions on the Significance of Scenes"  (5 marks each)

  1. What must the sister do because 'she is the elder' of the two?  (p.  7)
  2. What are some of the major differences  between Mary/Peter and the Aboriginal Boy?  (p25-26)
  3. Why does the writer have Peter sneeze in this scene?  (p28)
  4. What things do you think "[Mary] had been told way back in Charleston" about coloured people? (p31, p34-35)
  5. Why does the writer make Mary's panties the symbol of civilization.
  6. What does Mary see on page 54?  Why is this an important moment?
  7. What does the writer mean when he says that for the Aboriginal Boy,  "everything had its appointed time?"  Give examples.  (p 55)
  8. Define "Walkabout."   (p55)
  9. What could the paradalote bird symbolize?  (p62-63)
  10. Describe the physical and mental capabilites of the Aboriginal.  p 67 -68.  What is this foreshadowing?
  11. Which scene shows something about Mary's character?  What does it show?
  12. Which scene shows something about the setting?  What does it show?
  13. Which scene shows something about the Aboriginal culture?
  14. The lyre bird (p76-77) could also be considered a symbol, because it is ordinary, then becomes beautiful?  What could it symbolize?  Explain your answer referring to the descriptions of the bird.
  15. During the dance the boy sneezes?  Why?  What is this foreshadowing?
  16. As the Boy gets sicker and more "apathetic" he worries that Peter and Mary won't know how to do what?   Why is he worried? (Chapter 13)
  17. When the Boy tries to communicate his worries to Mary, a tragic and sad misunderstanding occurs. Read over p87-88 and explain how and why that misunderstanding occurs.
  18. The final scene in Chapter 14 is a "tragic" one.  Mary realises something very profound and important, but she realizes it too
  19. late.  What does she come to understand?  Explain it in your own words.
  20. Describe an important scene that takes place from chapter 15 onwards, and say what you think the author is trying to say to the reader.

Section 3 - "General Questions Useful For Any Story"  (5 marks each)
  1. Do I notice a particular style of writing?
  2. Which events show the conflicts beginning to develop?
  3. What can you say about the characteristics of Mary?
  4. How could you describe the place?  The setting of the story?
  5. With what can you compare this story?
  6. What kind of conflicts can you find and explain?
  7. Does the novel remind you of anything in your life?
  8. Do you like some characters more than others and why?
  9. How could this novel be improved?
  10. How does the story make you feel?
  11. Can you "relate to" any of the inner or external conflicts?"


Section 4 - "Vocabulary"  (15 Marks)

Use 5 words from the lists given out in class.  Use them in proper sentences.  Use them as we would use them in normal speech.  You cannot use the example from the book.
(3 marks for each perfect use, 2 for a general sense of word, 1 for correct 'part of speech only'; total of 15 marks)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Also on Monday:
 Journal Entries are all due.
I am expecting them about half a page long and expressing completed ideas.


Here are the five journal entries you should have:

i) "Describe a journey you have been on."

ii) "What would you be thinking, feeling, and doing, if you were in Peter and Mary's situation stuck in the Australian desert?"

iii) "Predict what will happen to the characters after chapter 11"

iv)  "Give your opinion (good/bad?) on three differences between the film and the book Walkabout"

v) "For you, what is the most significant event in the whole book, and what do you think the author is trying to say by showing this event?"