Generic Features Quotes

Question 1

Characterisation - Quote 1

Answer 1

“She put on an old pair of her husband’s trousers and beat out the flames… till great drops of sooty perspiration stood out on her forehead and ran in streaks down her blackened arms.”

Question 2

Characterisation - Quote 2

Answer 2

“Gaunt, sun-browned bushwoman.”

Question 3

Setting - Quote 1

Answer 3

“Bush all round – bush with no horizon, for the country is flat.”

Question 4

Setting - Quote 2

Answer 4

“Narrow, almost waterless creek.”

Question 5

Conflict - Quote 1

Answer 5

“Astonished to see a good heap of wood by the chimney” and “praised him for not being lazy.”

Question 6

Conflict - Quote 2

Answer 6

“She prayed to God to send her assistance. God sent Black Mary…”