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Question 1

Who wrote The Bone Sparrow?
  1. Zana Fraillon
  2. Toni Morrison
  3. J.B. Priestley
  4. William Golding

Question 2

Who is the main protagonist in The Bone Sparrow?
  1. Subhi
  2. Eli
  3. Jonah
  4. Harvey

Question 3

In The Bone Sparrow, Subhi is a boy from which ethnic group?
  1. Rohingya
  2. Pashtun
  3. Tamil
  4. Kurdish

Question 4

In The Bone Sparrow, where is Subhi born?
  1. In a detention camp
  2. In a hospital in Burma
  3. On a fishing boat
  4. In a city school

Question 5

Who is Subhi's sister?
  1. Queeny
  2. Jimmie
  3. Sarah
  4. Maá

Question 6

Who is Subhi's closest friend inside the camp?
  1. Eli
  2. Harvey
  3. Beaver
  4. Queeny

Question 7

In The Bone Sparrow, which girl from outside the camp befriends Subhi?
  1. Jimmie
  2. Mary
  3. Sybil
  4. Sheila

Question 8

Who is Jimmie's brother?
  1. Jonah
  2. Eli
  3. Harvey
  4. Beaver

Question 9

In The Bone Sparrow, what are the detention guards called in the novel?
  1. Jackets
  2. Wardens
  3. Inspectors
  4. Bailiffs

Question 10

How is Harvey presented beside the other Jackets?
  1. More compassionate
  2. More violent
  3. More indifferent
  4. More obedient

Question 11

Which role does Beaver have in the novel?
  1. Cruel Jacket
  2. Sympathetic Jacket
  3. Camp detainee
  4. Outside visitor

Question 12

In The Bone Sparrow, what does Subhi often hear at night?
  1. The Night Sea
  2. The Iron Bell
  3. The Red River
  4. The Silent Train

Question 13

Who does Subhi believe sends Night Sea messages?
  1. Ba
  2. Maá
  3. Queeny
  4. Eli

Question 14

In The Bone Sparrow, what does Jimmie struggle to do at first?
  1. Read
  2. Swim
  3. Drive
  4. Cook

Question 15

Why does Queeny hide a camera in the camp?
  1. To record the Jackets' abuse
  2. To teach Subhi photography
  3. To send Jimmie family pictures
  4. To copy camp identity cards

Question 16

Who helps Jimmie read her mother's notebook?
  1. Subhi
  2. Jonah
  3. Eli
  4. Harvey

Question 17

How is Queeny usually presented?
  1. Cynical but protective
  2. Trusting but dependent
  3. Obedient but resentful
  4. Detached but observant

Question 18

What work do Subhi and Eli do around camp?
  1. Deliver packages
  2. Distribute meals
  3. Clean offices
  4. Repair tents

Question 19

Which injustice does the camp setting expose?
  1. Indefinite refugee detention
  2. Unequal school admissions
  3. Unpaid factory labour
  4. Housing discrimination

Question 20

Which source of Subhi's resilience does the Night Sea represent?
  1. Stories and imagination
  2. Friendship with Eli
  3. Queeny's protection
  4. Jimmie's visits

Question 21

What does Jimmie bring Subhi to read?
  1. Her mother's story notebook
  2. A Jacket's rulebook
  3. Jonah's schoolbook
  4. Queeny's diary

Question 22

Which contrast does Jimmie create in the novel?
  1. Life outside and inside detention
  2. Childhood and adulthood
  3. City and countryside
  4. Past and future

Question 23

Who hides a camera in the camp?
  1. Queeny
  2. Maá
  3. Jimmie
  4. Harvey

Question 24

Who kills Eli during the riot?
  1. Beaver
  2. Harvey
  3. Queeny
  4. Subhi

Question 25

Who finds Subhi after the riot?
  1. Queeny
  2. Harvey
  3. Jimmie
  4. Maá

Question 26

Who does Queeny say left the Night Sea treasures?
  1. Ba
  2. Jimmie
  3. Harvey
  4. Beaver

Question 27

Who does Subhi tell about Eli’s death?
  1. Sarah
  2. Jimmie
  3. Ba
  4. Jonah

Question 28

What does Maá receive near the end of the novel?
  1. A letter
  2. A camera
  3. A passport
  4. A radio

Question 29

What does Jimmie give Subhi near the end?
  1. Bone sparrow necklace
  2. Mother's story notebook
  3. Hidden camp camera
  4. Jacket's tent key

Question 30

What does Queeny reveal about Ba?
  1. Ba has died
  2. Ba escaped the camp
  3. Ba sent the treasures
  4. Ba is returning soon

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