Q.1.
DORIS: When Jack's parents came visiting I used to borrow the silver teapot from Next Door. Got in a fix one day, because Next Door's in-laws popped by the same afternoon. What effect does the capitalisation of "Next Door" have?
Q.2.
DORIS: My father turned up once, after we'd moved to Jubilee Street. Mother took him back, of course. Which use of language demonstrates that Doris sees some aspects of male/female relationships as inevitable?
Q.3.
DORIS: I'm not talking about that. ( ). I'm talking about the . . . for little arms reaching up and clinging round your neck. ( .) Which of the following emphasizes the domesticity in Doris's lines?
Q.4.
MARGARET: After you phoned . . . after you asked us . . . Daddy went upstairs and got your old high chair down from the attic. ( .) Like sisters, he said. A new little sister . . . Which of the following words describes Margaret's and Ken's emotions at the thought of taking Rosie in?
Q.5.
DORIS: And do you know, she doesn't look the sort to even open a book. But she's quite the best, the comments she comes out with in class. She can't spell, of course. ( .) But it just goes to show: you can't judge by appearances. Jack was wrong. What information is conveyed by Doris's pause?
Q.6.
ROSIE: Secrecy kills. ( .) — Nuclear secrecy. What effect does the pause have in this line?
Q.7.
MARGARET: Will we win the war? DORIS: Not if you don't keep quiet and go to sleep. How might Doris's response best be described?
Q.8.
ROSIE: My outside's the same as my inside. That's why when I talk Mom thinks I'm being rude. What does Rosie think Margaret perceives as rudeness?
Q.9.
DORIS: We're coming at Christmas. Or don't you want us this year? What is the effect of Doris's negative phrasing?
Q.10.
ROSIE: But your job's only typing, Mum. What effect does the use of the word "only" have here?