Literature Studies Quiz

What is the tittle of the story?

• The Drover Wife

• The Drovers’ Wife

• The Drover’s Wife

What is the weather like the evening that the story takes place?

• Snowy

• Hot

• Quiet

• Stormy

The drover’s wife is described as all of the following except

• Caring

• Loving

• Strong

• Beautiful

Choose three themes that are include in our presentation earlier.

• Love

• Bravery

• Responsibility

• Poverty

Which character say this phrase “Stop there, mother! I’ll have him. Stand back.”

• Jacky

• Tommy

• Alligator

• The Drover

“She build the usual castle in the air.” What literary device is it?

• Simile

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Characterization

The drover, an ex squatter, is away with his_____.

” She takes up a handkerchief to wipe the tears away, but pokes her eyes with her bare fingers instead. The handkerchief is full of holes, and she’ll finds that she has put her thumb through one, and her forefinger through another.” What type of irony is it?

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Functional irony

“ The big, black, yellowed-eyed dog-of-all-breeds.” What literary device is it?

• Characterization

• Protagonist

• Imagery

• Antagonist

The drover’s wife chastises Tommy for

• Yelling

• Fighting

• Swearing

• Arguing