1.

Identify which perspective the poem is

written in (1 mark)

2. Lonely in teeming city crowds is

referencing what

a) An abandoned city
b) People not being from the culture
as the poet making them feel isolated
c) Having no friends
d) Being sad

3. What is your opinion about what the

poem is about? Back up your claims
with quotes and techniques (3 marks)
We called him The Shah at first. Not that we knew where he came from, just that he looked a
bit dark, sounded funny and looked at us as if he was about to have us beheaded.
He didn't talk much. Miss Ryan tried to get him going on the first few days but it didn't work.
‘You all right, Hussein?’ Miss Ryan would say.
And he'd look up and say nothing. ‘How do you like school, Hussein?’
And he'd say yes. Just yes.
‘Anything you don't like, Hussein?’
And he'd shrug.
‘Oh there must be something. I think the grounds are too small – ’
‘Windows.’ Then he'd look away.
‘Windows? What's wrong with them?’
The Shah stared through the windows at the asphalt, the fence and the road beyond. ‘They can
see in here.’
Miss Ryan frowned and changed the subject.
We tried a bit more. Even tried to be friendly.
‘Where are you from?’ asked Pearl. Pearl's Chinese – ABC – Australian Born Chinese – but
she reckoned that because they both looked foreign, she had a toe in The Shah's camp.
The Shah didn't. ‘Why?’
‘Just wanted to know.’
‘Who are you going to tell?’
‘Tell? Is it a big secret?’ Pearl was getting annoyed.
‘Shh…’ Bruce suddenly looked about him like a furtive cartoon character. ‘The Shah is an
undercover agent.
‘Ah, Inspector Gadget!’ Pearl grinned.

1. What is the Shah’s name?

a) Kamal

b) James

c) Mohammed

d) Hussein
2. What does Hussein think about the windows? Use a quote to back up your

response? (2 Marks)

3. What does Miss Ryan think of Hussein? How do you know. Use a quote to back up

your response.

4. Where is pearl from

a) China

b) Syria

c) USA

d) Russia
The Bushmen ran round corners, and some shut
themselves in the stable. There was a new weather-
board and corrugated-iron kitchen and wash-house on
piles in the back-yard, with some women washing
clothes inside. Dave and the publican bundled in there
and shut the door–the publican cursing Dave and
calling him a crimson fool, in hurried tones, and
wanting to know what the hell he came here for.
The retriever went in under the kitchen, amongst the
piles, but, luckily for those inside, there was a vicious
yellow mongrel cattle-dog sulking and nursing his
nastiness under there–a sneaking, fighting, thieving
canine, whom neighbours had tried for years to shoot
or poison. Tommy saw his danger–he’d had
experience from this dog–and started out and across
the yard, still sticking to the cartridge. Half-way across
the yard the yellow dog caught him and nipped him.
Tommy dropped the cartridge, gave one terrified yell,
and took to the Bush. The yellow dog followed him to
the fence and then ran back to see what he had
dropped.
Nearly a dozen other dogs came from round all the
corners and under the buildings–spidery, thievish,
cold-blooded kangaroo-dogs, mongrel sheep- and
cattle-dogs, vicious black and yellow dogs–that slip
after you in the dark, nip your heels, and vanish
without explaining–and yapping, yelping small fry.
They kept at a respectable distance round the nasty
yellow dog, for it was dangerous to go near him when
he thought he had found something which might be
good for a dog to eat. He sniffed at the cartridge twice,
and was just taking a third cautious sniff when—-
1. What did the publican call Dave?

a) a yelping small fry

b) A Mangy Mutt

c) A crimson fool

d) Disgusting

2. What dog caught tommy

a) Yellow

b) Red

c) Brown

d) Golden

3. Explain the perspective of 3 people in this extract and use a quote and technique for

each