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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.

A multiple-choice quiz by lalagirl93. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lalagirl93

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
263,838

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
319

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is Marcus Sandford? Hint

Josie's father

Christina's father

Josie's boyfriend

Christina's uncle

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Question 2 of 10

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

Sera, Anna, Lee

Annie, Lee, Steph

Sara, Anna, Lee

Mary, Teresa, Tara

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Question 3 of 10

3. How does John Barton die? Hint

He slits his wrists

He overdoses on pills

He is murdered

He jumps of a bridge

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who gets dux? Hint

Josie

Ivy

Carly

Anna

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the guy Anna likes? Hint

Anton Valinski

Robert Preston

Jacob Coote

Anton Valavic

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Question 6 of 10

6. How old is Josie at the end of the book? Hint

Seventeen

Sixteen

Nineteen

Eighteen

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is Jacob's father's girlfriend's name? Hint

Eileen

Jane

Irene

Isabel

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Question 8 of 10

8. What suburb of Sydney does Josie live in? Hint

Redfern

Parramatta

Kings Cross

Glebe

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Question 9 of 10

9. What school do Josie and her friends attend? Hint

St Martha's

St Anthony's

Cook High

Mother Teresa's College

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Question 10 of 10

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

Science Today

Science Australia

They don't mention a name

Concepts of Science

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is Marcus Sandford?

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

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.

3. How does John Barton die?

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.

4. Who gets dux?

Answer: Ivy

Ivy and Josie are enemies, but on speech night, when Ivy is named dux, they promise to have a coffee together if they run into each other one day.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

8. What suburb of Sydney does Josie live in?

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.

9. What school do Josie and her friends attend?

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.

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

Answer: Concepts of Science

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

Source: Author lalagirl93

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