Comparative Exam Preparation

‘Just ‘cause it’s the way, doesn’t make it right.’

What symbolic action did Harrison take to show respect to Katherine and her colleagues?

Jasper Jones is set in the town of

What book does Eliza Wishart buy at the book store?

‘Freedom is never granted to the oppressed.’

What is the name of the first American to orbit the Earth?

What is Mary trying to accomplish by going to court?

Hidden Figures is set in the time of which political movement

What year was the book Jasper Jones set in?

My mum has become hard. It’s perplexing. She’s always been curt & impatient, but there used to be warmth beneath it all.

‘Out of all the cases you’re going hear today, which one is going to matter 100 years from now.’

Where does the movie Hidden Figures take place?

Who are the main characters in Hidden Figures?

‘I said your hair looks nice today.’‘Oh,’ she says, and frowns, searching for a deeper meaning. .... ‘What do you want?’

What is the name of the team Jeffery Lu hits the winning runs against?

‘Every time we have a chance to get ahead, they move the finish line.’

But Rosie’s death cloaked his body. Because he’d come to love her in that short time, and he simply missed his friend.

He has an alter ego. … He fights for Truth and Justice. … We could all be Batman. Batpeople

At that minute, I hate them both ... my father for being bewildered and useless, my mother for flying the red flag.

"Dyou know much about what they believe in?’‘Nah, not really, Charlie. I never learned about that stuff.

Her mother didn’t believe her, can you imagine? .... She defended him. She stood there and called Laura a liar.

What fruit do kids steal from Jack Lionel?

The English Exam is on

‘It’s pretty hard to trust someone you can’t look in the eyes.’

Who killed Laura Wishart?

‘We have to touch the star, if only to ensure our own survival and only a man can do that.’

Why does Sue Findlay tip tea on Mrs Lu?

Jasper Jones is the son of

What was Charlie’s father’s book titled?

Her mother slaps her hard, just once, across the face. I feel ashamed and awkward. Eliza seems unmoved.

What other country were the United States competing with during the space race

What does NASA stand for

‘It’s not a struggle for ourselves alone, it is a struggle to save the soul of America’ – Martin Luther King Jnr

‘Mary a person with an engineer’s mind should be an engineer, you can’t be a computer the rest of your life.'

How did Katherine marry in the film Hidden Figures?

She accused him of not caring for either me or her, for anyone than himself. She said he was distant and self-involved

‘We are living the impossible’ – Mr Zielinski

What do the call the female mathematicians?

Who carves ‘sorry’ into the tree at Jasper’s camp?