Black Cockatoo - Chapter 1

What is the setting of Black Cockatoo?

• The Beach in Central Queensland

• A remote community in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (Jaru country).

• A small fishing town in Tasmania

• A small island in the Torres Strait.

What is the Jaru word for a red tailed black cockatoo?

Who is the protagonist in this story?

• Jy

• Mia

• Jaja Rosa

• Carl

Why is Mia not supposed to look at a Dirrarn or say its name?

• Jy told her not too and she must respect her brother.

• They are poisonous.

• It is her totem animal.

What is the relationship between Mia and Jy?

• They are siblings.

• They are friends.

• They are cousins.

• They are unrelated.

How does Mia feel about her totem animal, the Dirrarn?

• She is afraid of it.

• She is indifferent towards it.

• She respects it.

• She dislikes it.

Where does Mia place the dirrarn?

Who is Jawiji?

• The bird Mia rescues.

• Mia's Grandfather.

• Mia's Brother.

• Mia's Uncle.

In Chapter 1, it says that Mia "had been moved and had risked her brother's wrath by picking it up". Why would Mia have been risking her brother's wrath by picking up the bird?

• Her brother is in charge and did not want her to touch the bird.

• Her brother is angered easily.

• Culturally, she is supposed to respect Jy as her older brother. Rescuing a bird that he chose to hunt could be perceived as disrespectful.

Why does Mia feel the need to rescue the bird?

• She feels pity for the bird.

• She wants to defy her brother.

• She wants to keep it as a pet.

• She is following her totem animal's guidance.