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  'Looking for Alibrandi'    
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'Looking for Alibrandi' by Melina Marchetta is one of my favourite books!
Easier, 15 Qns, maddyb, Jun 24 07
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  The Ultimate Looking For Alibrandi Quiz    
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"Looking For Alibrandi" by Melina Marchetta is the best book in the world! For those who have seen the movie but not read the book, it may be quite difficult as the movie has some major differences.
Average, 10 Qns, jemmaarman, Sep 06 11
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  Test yourself! Looking For Alibrandi Quiz    
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Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta is one of my favourite books, and there was no quizzes on it so I decided to create one.
Average, 10 Qns, lalagirl93, Jun 24 07
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What is the name of the school that John goes to?

From Quiz "Looking For Alibrandi"




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  Young Adult Fiction [Literature] (30 quizzes)


Melina Marchetta Trivia Questions
1. Who is Marcus Sandford?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Christina's father

Marcus Sandford and Christina's mother Katia had an affair when Katia and her husband Francesco first came to Australia. Katia and Francesco never told anyone who Christina's real father was, and Josie discovered the truth at a family lunch.

2. Who is Josie's greatest rival in life?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Ivy

Sara (Seraphina) and Lee were some of Josie's best friends. Carly, a blond model, certainly did annoy Josie, even to the extent that Josie hit her. However, Ivy was her biggest rival right up until the end of the book, when they were united in grief for a close friend.

3. Who wrote 'Looking for Alibrandi'?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Melina Marchetta

This is Melina Marchetta's first book.

4. What are the names of the girls in Josie's group?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Sera, Anna, Lee

Sera, Anna and Lee have been Josie's friends since Year 7. She says that they are all very different, but they hang out together regardless.

5. Who dies of an overdose due to the pressures of the HSCs?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: John

Overly stressed by the HSCs and the pressure his father has been putting on him, it was John who killed himself, much to the horror of both Ivy and Josie.

6. Who is the main character of this book?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Josie

Her full name is Josephine Alibrandi.

7. How does John Barton die?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: He overdoses on pills

John Barton was Josie's friend, and he killed himself because he couldn't deal with the pressure that was piled onto him, mainly by his father.

8. What is the name of the bully who used to live next door to Josie?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Greg

Greg was the bully. Robert is Josie's cousin and Stephen (Father Stephen) is the priest at Josie's church. Josie and her mother had some of the worst years of their life living so close; they nicknamed them the 'horror years', as Greg's father got drunk regularly and would yell abusive comments at Josie's mother.

9. Who is the main character's biggest rival?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Ivy

Her name is Ivy but Josie calls her 'Poison Ivy' as they do not get along very well together and have been competing since they started high-school together.

10. Who does the main character have a crush on in the beginning of the book?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: John Barton

John Barton is the captain of his private boys' school.

11. What is the name of the guy Anna likes?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Anton Valavic

Anton is friends with Jacob, who is Josie's boyfriend for the majority of the book. He is quieter than Jacob, and likes Anna.

12. What colour car did Jacob fix up?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: blue

It was a metallic blue.

13. Who does the main character get together with in the book?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Jacob Coote

Jacob goes to the local public school Cook High, he first met Josie when he 'squashed two eggs of my (Josie's) glasses'! Romantic!

14. How old is Josie at the end of the book?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Eighteen

At the start of the book, Josie says she is seventeen, the seventeen Janis Ian sang about where one learns the truth. At the end, Josie has turned eighteen, and she realizes around this time that she has achieved her freedom.

15. What is Jacob's father's girlfriend's name?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Eileen

We only hear Eileen's name once in the book, and Josie asks is they are engaged. When Jacob asks why they should be, Josie explains that it's the different cultures and that only rebel Italians live with a man they are not married to.

16. What is the name Josie gives to her mother's boyfriend?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Elvis Presley

She calls him this as his name is Paul Presilio. When Josie's mother started going out with him, Josie reacted badly to the change, but as she got to know her real father better, it helped her to adjust.

17. Who is the main characters REAL grandfather?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Marcus Sandford

Josie found out that her grandmother had had an affair which Marcus Sandford. Aparently Josie's grandmother's husband, Francesco Alibrandi, couldn't have children but he didn't tell his wife.

18. What suburb of Sydney does Josie live in?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Glebe

Josie tells us the she lives in Glebe, and says that she doesn't live in the nice part of Glebe that people always imagine it to be, she lives in the gross part.

19. What is the name of the school that John goes to?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: St Anthony's College

St Martha's, the school that Josie attends, is another private school- the two schools do quite a few things with each other. In fact, Josie met John at a debate between the two schools.

20. Who is the man that Josie's mother goes on a date with?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Paul Presilio

When Josie hears her mother is going on a date with this man she throws a meat-loaf down the sink.

21. What school do Josie and her friends attend?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: St Martha's

Jacob and his friends go to Cook High, the public school, John Barton and most of the boys go to St Anthony's, and there is no Mother Teresa's College in the book.

22. What subjects did Josie win awards in?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: English, Italian and Science

On that night, when the awards were presented, several things changed for Josie. It was only on that night that Ivy and Josie really became friends, as they realised that they could really support each other, with the sudden death of John. It was also on that night that Jacob came to the conclusion that Josie and himself as an item would never work.

23. What school does the main character go to?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: St Martha's

St Martha's is a catholic girls' school in the book.

24. What is the name of the science book that Josie hits Carly with?

From Quiz Looking For Alibrandi

Answer: Concepts of Science

We hear the name once, when Josie says to her father, 'He has my Concepts of Science'.

25. How old is Josie in the beginning of the book?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: 17

Josie is 17 in the beginning of the book and at the end she turns 18.

26. What is the movie version of this book called?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Looking for Alibrandi

The movie, 'Looking for Alibrandi' stars Pia Miranda.

27. What nationality are Josie's ancestors?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Italian

Josie herself was born in Australia, but speaks both English and Italian.

28. Whose nose did Josie break in this book?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Carly Bishop

Carly called Josie a 'Bastard' and Josie was very offended as she is illegitimate.

29. Which main characters from the book were not in the movie version?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: Ivy and Lee

They decided to not use the character Lee at all and they merged Ivy and Carly Bishop together.

30. In which year at high school is Josie in?

From Quiz 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Answer: 12

Final year of high school.

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