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Eng Lit Picnic At Hanging Rock IGCSE > The picnic > Flashcards

The picnic Flashcards

1
Q

Why couldn’t Sarah go to the rock?

A

Because she couldn’t recite a long and complicated poem she was supposed to memorise

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2
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What do the girls go to the rock for?

A

A picnic

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3
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What is the rock called?

A

Hanging Rock

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4
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Where is the rock?

A

In the Australian outback

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5
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What era is this story based in?

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Victorian era (1800s)

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6
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Who else is at the rock when the girls arrive?

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A family of English aristocrats (posh) and their coach driver

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7
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What is the Australian coachman called?

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Albert

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What is the son of the English family called?

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Michael

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9
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Which girls decide to go up the rock?

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Miranda, Irma, Edith and Marian

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10
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What happens to their watches whilst at the rock?

A

They stop

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11
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What time to their watches stop?

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12pm exactly

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12
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What are the group of girls overcome with when they explore the rock?

A

Sleepiness

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13
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What do the girls exploring decide to do?

A

They lay down to rest in a clearing

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14
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What is wrong with Edith?

A

She feels ill.

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15
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What does Edith sense?

A

An impending doom

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16
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Who doesn’t walk higher up towards the hanging rock?

A

Edith

17
Q

What is off about the way Miranda, Irma and Marian walk up the rock?

A

They don’t walk naturally

18
Q

What are the girls described as walking like on page 39?

A

“sliding over the stones on their bare feet as if they were on a drawing room carpet”

19
Q

Who is it that has an uneasy feeling about the girls exploring the rock further?

A

Edith

20
Q

Where do Miranda, Irma and Marian disappear behind?

A

Behind the rocks and shrubs

21
Q

What does Edith do when she sees the girls disappear?

A

She runs back down screaming

22
Q

Who begins to climb the mountain after Edith comes down screaming?

A

Miss McCraw

23
Q

What is Miss McCraw motivated by when she climbs the rock?

A

An impelling force known only to herself

24
Q

Who goes missing?

A

Miranda, Irma, Marian and Miss McCraw

25
Q

Did they search for the girls?

A

Yes

26
Q

Does Edith remember what happened up on the rock?

A

No

27
Q

What did Edith say she saw?

A

A strange red cloud in the distance. And saw Miss McCraw coming up the hill (which wasn’t till later)

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