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1
What kind of lighting is used in this shot?
Low key
Backlighting
Spotlighting
High key
2
According to legend, what did the narrator say, the tribe was waiting for?
More jobs
A bigger school
The 1st born of a new generation... a boy to be chief
Another tribe to arrive
3
How do we know that the filmmaker moves forward in time after the hospital scene?
They have found a chief
Because Porourangi has short hair
Because we next see Pae at about age 12.
They have a different house
4
What common grievance do Pae and her father share?
That they don't want to live in New Zealand
That they want to pursue a career away from the town
That neither of them is a first born child
That neither of them can be what Koro wants
5
Who was the author of the book on which the film Whale Rider was based upon?
Paul Jennings
Witi Ihimaera
Paekia
Andy Griffiths
6
What do you call the translation text on the screen?
Credits
Braille
Authorial intrusion
Sub-titles
7
What does Koro say "no" very sternly about to Porourangi?
Naming his daughter Paekia
Having another baby
Leaving
Staying
8
How does the film open?
a shot of the coastline
blue water
in the hospital
at the school concert
9
What is Pae doing in this scene?
Wandering
Being silly
Playing hopscotch
Singing a traditional song about her ancestoral home
10
What does Pae do to help the situation?
She calls for emergency services
She pours water over the whales
She gives her grandfather his pendant back
She rides the whale
11
According to the legend, what was the state of the land before their arrival
Full of rich green pastures
A forest
Empty
A desert
12
What natural disaster occurs at the village?
Whales get beached
An eathquake
A flood
A tsunami
13
Describe the soundtrack at the opening of the film
orchestral music
Irish folk music
dreamy music with the ambient sound of whales
Scottish bagpipes
14
what qualities best describe the character of Pae?
Manipulative, weak, deceitful
Dispassionate, rude and disrespectful
Determined, strong and respectful
Silly, flippant, unreliable
15
According to the narrator how did the family react to her being the lone survivor at birth?
They said "Kia Ora"
They were happy to have her
There was "no gladness"
They were sure she would become a great leader
16
What is the main character's name?
Rawiri
Paikea
Porourangi
Koro
17
What test do the boys fail in?
Performing a haka
Respecting Koro
Finding Koro's rei puta (whale tooth pendant)
Giving a speech
18
Is this diegetic or non-diegetic music?
non-diegetic
diegetic
19
What advice does Pae give the Maori women?
To work hard
To sing
To dance
To stop smoking to protect their child bearing properties
20
Who is the director of "Whale Rider"?
Keisha Castle Hughes
Jane Campion
Peter Jackson
Niki Cato
21
What happened in the hospital?
Paikea had her tonsils out
Koro was visiting some friends
Paikea died at birth
Paikea's mother gave birth to twins but one died
22
What type of shot and angle is this?
Establishing shot
Eye level full shot
low angle point of view shot
Overhead full shot
23
What camera angle is used here?
Bird's eye view
High angle
Overhead
Low angle
24
Paekia performs a dance representing her ancestoral history, what interrupts her performance?
a boy passes wind
She forgets her lines
She notices her father
Koro bangs his tribal stick
25
Hongi is the traditional way Maori people ...
Begin a fight
Ask for help
Kiss
Greet each other respectfully
26
Over-narration is used in the film. Who is the narrator?
Koro
Paekia
Nanny Flowers
Rawiri's wife
27
How does Pae feel about being Maori?
She doesn't know her culture
She is immensely proud of her ancestory and culture
She doesn't care
She wants to live in Germany
28
This boat is a traditional Maori war canoe. What's it's Maori name?
Puka
Taiha
Waka
Kia ora
29
Who was the great ancestor who arrived on the back of a whale?
Paikea
Nanny Flowers
Koro
Porourangi
30
What type of shot is this?
Extreme close up
Full shot
Establishing shot
Mid Shot
31
What is at the heart of the conflict between Koro and his first born son, Porourangi?
Koro didn't like having a grand-daughter
Koro had expected his first born son to take over as chief
Koro didn't like Porourangi's wife?
Koro wanted him to help him work?
32
When Pae narrates the story of her ancestors, how did she say they arrived in NZ?
By canoe
By plane
The swam
On the back of a whale
33
Where does the film take place?
Polynesia
New Zealand
Tahiti
Australia
34
What had Koro been wanting?
His son to take a break and go fishing
A school for boys
A boy who would become chief of the tribe
A girl to help him
35
Pae wakes from a dream. What do you think was in her dream?
She was hoping her father would return home
She had called the whales and knew they had become beached
She was being made chief
She was in Germany
36
What does Koro want to do to find a chief?
Give Nanny Flowers the job
Advertise the position
Open a school for first born boys/train them in Maori ways
Keep hoping someone will be right for the responsibility
37
What does Koro ask his son Porourangi to do at the hospital?
Kill Paikea
Leave and take Paikea with him
Bury the dead son
Come home and start again
38
What native language do the characters in the film speak?
Indonesian
Maori
Arakwal
English
39
Koro and Porourangi meet in the tribal hall, what is the Maori word for this tribal place?
Kia Ora
Wharatangi
Maori
Marae
40
What change does Koro undergo?
He understands that Pae has what it takes to be a chief
He doesn't change
He decides to sail back to the place of his ancestors
He realises no-one will take over the role as chief
41
What does Pae overhear her grandfather say to her father?
Pae must train if she wants to be chief
I'm training the first born boys of the town to find a chief
Pae will be chief one day
She's no use to me
42
What skill was Pae practising when Koro caught her?
A welcome
Sword fighting
A traditional dance
Taiaha
