WorksheetsThe Nargun and the Stars
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Edie
Potkoorok
Simon
Nargun
What is the inciting incident which leads to Simon living in Wongadilla?
Simon hears a Nargun calling in the night
Simon's parents were killed in a car accident
The Nargun moved to Wongadilla
Charlie picks Simon up from the train station
Where did the Nargun originally live?
On Mt Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia
Under a waterfall in the Blue Mountains of NSW
In the desert in the middle of Australia
In an ancient cave in Victoria
Why does the Nargun leave its original home?
It followed the Aborignal people into new territory
It was chasing sheep
Human activity had ruined its peace and food was becoming scarse.
The Potkoorok had invited it to live in Wongadilla
Which creature lives in the swamp in Wongadilla?
Potkoorok
Nargun
Turongs
Nyols
Which creatures live in the trees in Wongadilla?
Potkoorok
Turongs
Nargun
Nyols
Which creatures live in the caves in Wongadilla?
Potkoorok
Turongs
Nargun
Nyols
Why is Simon is taken from the orphange by Edie and Charlie?
They are foster carers
Because Edie and Charlie are his closest living relatives and they decide to adopt him
Charlie had been a close family friend of Simon's Dad and agreed to take him in.
They wanted a worker for the farm
The Nargun has lived in Wongadilla for many years, what has disturbed and upset it now?
The Potkoorok played a mean trick on it.
The noise of the bulldozers felling the trees
Simon engraved his name on it
Chaile and Edie were selling the property
Why does the Potkoorok decide to reveal himslef to Simon?
He likes the apples Simon brings him
He misses the company of children
He is touched by the way Simon returns the dead frog to the swamp.
He wants Simon to send a message to Edie
Why does the Potkoorok want to remove the grader?
It killed a frog, a fellow swamp creature
it is too noisy
It is cutting into the property and destroying it.
To protect the Nargun
Why do the Turongs want to remove the bulldozer?
It is upsetting the Nargun
It is too noisy
They do not like the bulldozer driver
It is destroying their habitat
Why do the other creatures not like the Nargun?
It is taking away their food
It is not part of the natural environment of the Wongadilla area.
It is too moody
It is has taken over part of their property
Why do the creatures all remember a time when only the Aboriginal people lived on the land with them?
It was a time when they lived peacefully with people.
They had more food
They could play tricks on the Aborginal people
The Aboriginal people showed them more respect.
When the Nargun has the final battle with the bulldozer is represents a battle between
Good and evil
Humans and Nature
Indigenous and Non Indigenous people
The family and the creatures of the land
Why does Simon feel sorry for the Nargun at the end of the novel?
He understands what it is like to be an outsider in Wongadilla
Because he understands that the Nargun has lost the only life it has known
He feels guilty because he disturbed the Nargun
He understands that the Nargun is just looking for a place that is can call home
Why do Edie and Charlie want to remove the Nargun from the property?
They think it is ugly
They want to protect Simon
They feel it poses a danger to them and the animals on the property
They do not know anything about it.
Readers are given the history of the Nargun's life in the:
development of the conflict
climax
resolution
exposition
The climax of the novel occurs when
Simon meets the Nargun for the first time
The Nargun battles with the bulldozer
The Nargun is trapped in the cave at the end
The Potkoorok takes Simon into the Nyol's cave
The resolution to the novel is when
The Nargun is trapped in the cave to live with the Nyols
Simon sits down with Edie and Charlie to have a cup of tea
The Nyols keep the bulldozer in the cave
The Potkoorok tells Simon that stone does not grow
