Duplicate of Thea Astley's Miles Franklin Award Winning "Drylands"

Question 1

Which literary and cultural giants are name-checked on p2?

Accepted Answer

Rachmaninov, Calvino, Brahms and Ruskin

Question 2

Whose POV is this? 'His capitals! she thought sourly. Those pansy capitals! Their shallow typographical self-importance'

Accepted Answer

Evie

Question 3

What is the name of the local newspaper?

Accepted Answer

Red Plains Gazette

Question 4

What is 'letting the lave go by' an allusion to?

Accepted Answer

A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson

Question 5

Whose chapter begins with 'Do you remember an inn, Miranda?'

Accepted Answer

Evie's

Question 6

Which of the following is not a theme in the award winning 'Drylands'?

Accepted Answer

Australians being good people

Question 7

Which one of the following is a hobby of Janet Deakin?

Accepted Answer

Writing pretentious books, Shouting at children, Reading, Hating others

Question 8

What has Evie been employed to do by a Brisbane department (in her words)?

Accepted Answer

'take this culture kick to the underprivileged outback'

Question 9

When was "Drylands" by Thea Astley published?

Accepted Answer

1999

Question 10

Who is trying to get a Drylands branch of the Red Plains Library?

Accepted Answer

Paddy Locke

Question 11

This? 'And while someone made tea and others produced scones..., she hated herself and what she was supposed to be doing

Accepted Answer

Evie

Question 12

Who calls himself a 'Willy Loman' in allusion to Arthur Miller's famous play, Death of a Salesman?

Accepted Answer

The Scotsman who stalks Evie

Question 13

The novel opens with a quote from which canonical author?

Accepted Answer

Rudyard Kipling

Question 14

Which books are among Benny's treasured possessions?

Accepted Answer

Jack London's stories and Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

Question 15

Which two characters treat the [old] national anthem with sarcasm?

Accepted Answer

Franzi and Benny

Question 16

Janet Deakin is best described as...

Accepted Answer

A central character in Drylands, A bitter old woman, A passionate feminist with a love for books, A terrible writer

Question 17

What was the name of Janet Deakin's husband?

Accepted Answer

Ted

Question 18

What is in a pina colada?

Accepted Answer

rum, coconut cream, pineapple juice

Question 19

Which three characters had to leave school early through no fault of their own?

Accepted Answer

Ted, Jim and Benny

Question 20

Who steals a dictionary because they 'knew words mattered"?

Accepted Answer

Benny

Question 21

Whose POV is this? 'You have to be listed on a computer somewhere...get wired before anyone will concede you exist.'

Accepted Answer

'Franzi Massig'

Question 22

Who is described as 'fat with graft, expense accounts unvouchable for, owner of one of the larger grazing properties...'

Accepted Answer

Howie Briceland

Question 23

What do the townsfolk actually do in 'Drylands'?

Accepted Answer

Set things on fire, Assault others

Question 24

Is this Quiz inherently antithetical to the moral of the book because it's on a computer?

Accepted Answer

Yes, computers are corrupting our youths

Question 25

Whose POV is this? 'Oldsters had everything in a way. Rights of passage. Small authorities. Large authorities.'

Accepted Answer

Toff Briceland

Duplicate of Thea Astley's Miles Franklin Award Winning "Drylands"

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Duplicate of Thea Astley's Miles Franklin Award Winning "Drylands"

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