Grandma's Shipwreck

Grandma's Shipwreck is

• a humorous narrative

• An historical narrative

• a fantasy

• a diary

The narrative voice of Grandma's shipwreck is

• first person, with some third person alternatives

• only first person

• third person with some second person alternatives

• second person

All of the characters

• stay the same throughout the story

• totally change throughout the story

• develop more fully during the story

• are too hard to understand

The historical context of the story is established when Thelma speaks about

• The horses in Sydney

• Mr Frogmore shaving

• Mr Henderson being new to Australia

• The ship running aground

Another example showing the historical context is:

• Finding a railway line in the bush

• Eating scones

• when Mr Frogmore ignores Thelma on the ship

• Mosquitoes biting the people

Two other examples of the historical setting is

• They are sailing up the NSW coast

• Mr Hepplewhite is already in Rockhampton

• The farmer goes to town in a horse and buggy

• They are passengers on a sailing ship

How does Jackie French describe the present Thelma's mother sent the farmer's wife?

• They were beautiful flowers

• The bulbs would grow well at the farm

• They were impractical

• They were expensive

Why would Thelma's mother have given the farmer's wife bulbs?

• They were something the farmer's wife would not buy herself

• Bulbs grow well on farms

• The farmer's wife asked for them

• The farmer could sell the flowers once the bulbs grew

Which 2 of these are examples of "elaborated tense"?

• The farmer ran to the survivors.

• His wife had collected clothes for the survivors.

• He must have been in agony

• Mr Frogmore shaved his whiskers.

The overall theme of this story would be:

• Don't judge a book by its cover

• Women's rights in the early 20th century

• The human spirit is able to withstand hardships

• Children should be seen and not heard