Q1) Ten words to describe Josephine Alibrandi are:
Rebellious, Emotional, Intelligent, Mature, Embarrassed (by Nonna), Self conscious, Sarcastic, Opinionated, Friendly and Observant.
Q2) Josephine lives in a suburb called Glebe
Q3) Josephine attends a school named St. Marthas. This school Is not Co-Ed and has nuns as teachers. It is full of rich, white kids.
Q4) Her biggest problem is being stuck at a school full o rich kids with rich families.
Q5) She is ‘illegitimate’ because her mother is single and Josephine doesn’t know her father.
Q6) Josephine is very close to her mum. She is able to tell when something is wrong with her mum and when Josephine was growing up, it was just the two of them.
Q7) The quote (refer to sheet) is strange/confusing. The catholic faith don’t believe in contraception but look down upon Christina because she got pregnant.
Q8) The mum’s name is Christina, Nonna is another name for Grandma and the dad’s name is Michael Andretti.
Chapter Two:
Q1) In Josephine’s group of friends there is Anna Selic, Seraphina and Lee Taylor. All of them didn’t belong in any of the groups already formed and because they were the mis-fits, they stuck together.
Q2) Poison Ivy is ‘perfect’. Perfect hair, perfect skin and very boring. She has great grades and tends to be a bit of a snob. She is very competitive when it comes to school.
Q3) The statement tells us that she was from a strict Catholic culture.
Q4) Jacob Coote was a boy from ‘Have A Say Day’.
Q5) Jacob Coote goes to a Cook High. It is a public school with a rivalry against Josie’s school.
Q6) The speech day was held at Martin Place. The day was called ‘Have A Say Day’
Q7) Josie spoke about sex education in schools.
Q8) Jacob’s speech was about voting and how political parties influence us.
Q9) Josie was in awe of Jacob because she was surprised by how passionately he could speak.
Chapter Three:
Q1) Everyday after school, Josie goes to her grandmothers house. Most