Like a House on Fire Revision Quiz # 1

Question 1

In addition to short stories, Cate Kennedy has also written

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an acclaimed novel, travel memoir and poetry

Question 2

In "Static", "the lounge chair exhales a gust of watery depression." The literary convention is

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an example of personification

Question 3

Smart, compassionate and generous-spirited are three traits that best describe the character of

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the scholar

Question 4

"It's up and over the trenches for us...in the no-man's land of the hospital's...interior" is

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an example of an extended metaphor

Question 5

In "Cross-Country" the narrative perspective is

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mostly first-person, with a shift to second-person

Question 6

In "Whirlpool" Anna and Louise spontaneously unite and rebel against their demanding mother by

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refusing to smile in the portrait

Question 7

"Chris is already feeling his staunch goodwill leaking away..." The quote from "Ashes" contains

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present continuous tense and continuous tense verbs

Question 8

"I go to the spot I always do, like a beaten dog" ("Like a House on Fire"). This is

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an example of the theme of despair

Question 9

Christine's fearful repetition of "Malignant. Malignant" in italics is used to convey

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inner thoughts and feelings, emphasis

Question 10

In Cross-Country, Rebecca stalks an ex by

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taking time off work and obsessively searching the net

Question 11

The title "Waiting", typical of the collection, contains word-play (multiple meanings), such as

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waiting for a successful pregnancy and fulfilling a dream

Question 12

"something dark and airless, trickling through her bloodstream..."

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is a short quote from "Tender"

Question 13

Cate Kennedy's collection of short stories was published in

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2012

Question 14

In "Seventy-Two Derwents," the complex symbol of the quality pencils comes to represent Tyler's

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all of the above

Question 15

Proud, stubborn and domineering are three traits that best describe the character of

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Frank

Question 16

The motif of "rays" is found in

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"Static"

Question 17

In "Five-Dollar" Family, Des is best described as a

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hot-headed layabout and unreliable partner/father

Question 18

For Roley in "Plastic Little Shipwreck", Samson is

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a charismatic and intelligent colleague, a good-natured and gentle presence, a gentle and loving companion

Question 19

"One day I will get an aviary and then I will come and get her..." The core theme expressed is

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hope

Question 20

In "White Spirit," the name of the artists are

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Mandy and Jake

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