Question Bank for Grade 11 English

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", which of the terms below best represents its text type?

• A written text

• A novella

• A non-fiction text

• A short story

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", which of the terms below best represents its major theme/s?

• A story about caring for animals and protecting the natural environment using traditional indigenous culture.

• A story about indigenous children, who are brother and sister, and their arguments and disagreements.

• A story about how indigenous grandparents teach their grandchildren how to live better lives.

• A story about a young indigenous girl growing up and learning about herself and her traditional culture.

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", which of the terms below best represents "Mia", "Jy", "Jawiji/Grandfather", and "Katherine"?

• They are characters in the story.

• They are part of the setting of the story.

• They define the text type of this story.

• They all narrate the story.

In fiction texts, the setting means _________________________ .

Choose the most suitable response below to complete this sentence.

• how the characters are set up in the story.

• the city, town, or place where the events in the story occur.

• both the time when, and the place where, events happen in the story.

• the period of time where the story takes place, such as the past, present, or future.

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", the part of the book shown in Picture C is called the Writer's ___________ .

Write one (1) word to complete the name for this part of a book.

It doesn't matter if you use CAPITAL LETTERS or lower case letters.

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", what is the name of the part of the book shown in Picture B?

Write two (2) words.

It doesn't matter if you use CAPITAL LETTERS or lower case letters.

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", which part of the book shows some awards that the novella has won?

• Picture A

• Picture B

• Picture C

• All of these pictures

• None of these pictures

Relating to "Black Cockatoo", which part/s of the book show/s the names of the writers/authors?

If more than one part of the book has this information, then you must select more than one answer.

• Picture A

• Picture B

• Picture C

• None of these pictures

Draw a circle around the biography of the writer whose inspiration for writing was his time spent growing up in a remote town.

Chapter 10 question:

What is the basic summary of Chapter 10?

Choose the MOST suitable response to answer this question.

• Mia's mother and aunties return home after they went out to work on the cattle farming station.

• Mia's uncles and cousin-brothers come to visit and Mia's grandfather says they will all stay in the house together for a couple of weeks.

• Mia's aunties come over to bring her some gifts and then they will take Mia to go camping out in the bush.

• Mia's uncles and cousin-brothers come to Mia's home and her grandfather and brother will go away with them to camp out in the bush.