Q.1.
MARGARET: I'm very sorry Mummy. DORIS: Mother. What does Doris's response to her daughter tell the audience about her character?
Q.2.
In Act One, Scene Four, Margaret announces to an empty room that she went out for a meal with an admirer despite being married. How does this relate to her actions later in the play?
Q.3.
Who accuses her mother of having "hang ups" about sex?
Q.4.
Which of the following does NOT describe Rosie?
Q.5.
MARGARET: You've got such opportunities. JACKIE: Expectations. MARGARET: Yes! JACKIE: Yours. Which of the following best describes Margaret here?
Q.6.
"I never did ask for what I wanted. Resentment is a terrible thing, Jackie. You don't want to be resenting somebody at the end of your life." Of whom is Doris thinking here?
Q.7.
In Act Three, Scene Two, Rosie returns from holiday and is described as wearing "sophisticated holiday clothes". Why is this significant?
Q.8.
In the same scene, Rosie describes Jackie's behavior as restless. Which of the following lines gives this impression?
Q.9.
Faced with Jackie's return from holiday, Margaret grumbles that Rosie is overtired, that she won't have a chance to rest before school starts and that all her clothes need washing. What is the motivation for Margaret's grumbles?
Q.10.
In the final scene, Doris tells her mother about Jack's proposal. What emotion does she most strongly convey in the scene?