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Journey - basics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of "Journey"?

a)

Tim Winton

b)

Patricia Grace

c)

Janet Frame

d)

John McGahern

2.

What is the author known for?

a)

Mostly setting her novels by the sea.

b)

Having been in prison and unfairly persecuted.

c)

Having been in a mental institution and saved from lobotomy by an award received for her work.

d)

Writing about Māori culture and people and their everyday experiences.

3.

Choose the best option to describe the setting(s).

a)

United States, Allendale, California, 2026. An automated house in an deserted neighbourhood.

b)

South Africa, apartheid era. A field full of lemon trees in the middle of the night.

c)

New Zealand, modern times. Train stations, train, office in the city, the old man's home on Māori land.

d)

The middle of the ocean on a diminutive boat, some time in the past.

4.

Who are the relevant characters?

a)

The correspondent, the oiler, the cook and the captain

b)

The old man, Paul, the taxi driver

c)

The Pevensies, the Lion and the White Witch

d)

An old lady and her relatives

5.

Where does the old man live?

a)

in a city by the coastal line

b)

in a small town with his whanau

c)

in the mountains, near a volcano

d)

on a deserted island

6.

Why does the old man travel to the city?

a)

to buy a gift for his wife

b)

to fix a problem relating the family land

c)

to pay the rent

d)

to visit a grave

7.

How does the old man get to the city?

a)

by bus

b)

by car

c)

by train

d)

on a helicopter

8.

What is the name of the man in the office who the old man has an interview with?

a)

George

b)

Ringo

c)

Paul

d)

John

9.

What happens at Paul's office?

a)

They offer the old man some coffee, listen to him respectfully and accept his request immediately.

b)

They never let him in the office and threat the old man with calling the police.

c)

They refuse to change their plans, so the old man loses his patience, kicks and breaks Paul's desk.

d)

The old man accepts a new offer and leaves peacefully.

10.

What does the old man say to his family near the end of the story?

a)

That they should take care of each other.

b)

That George said hi.

c)

That they should cremate his body when he dies and not bury him in the ground, because it's not safe anymore.

d)

That he was successful in making the city people change their minds and the whanau will keep their land.