Q.1
At what point in the play does this passage take place?
  • This scene is at the beginning of the play and shows the four characters clearing Doris's house after Jack's death
  • This passage is from Act Two and takes place in the middle of the play after Jack's death
  • The passage is taken from the end of the play just before Rosie discovers that she is Jackie's daughter
  • This scene takes place immediately after Jackie and Rosie take a holiday together
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • This passage is immediately followed by a leap to the Wasteground where the girls discuss babies
  • This passage is immediately followed by a leap into the past when Margaret is announcing her engagement to her mother
  • This passage is immediately followed by a leap into the future when Margaret is ill
  • The entire act consists of the characters having important conversations, sometimes in pairs or groups of three, while they come across old objects and clothing
Q.3
What does Doris mean when she says to her daughter, "I doubt it"?
  • She does not believe that they will be able to clear the house out in time
  • She does not believe Margaret will be able to air out the house
  • She does not think Margaret will be able to put life right again
  • She does not think that Rosie and Jackie will be much help
Q.4
Rosie jokes that even Jackie cannot bring a dead rose back to life. This deeply symbolic moment applies also to which of the following?
  • Rosie's strong desire to participate in political protest
  • Jackie's inability to recreate the mother-daughter relationship with Rosie
  • Margaret's reluctance to discuss her illness
  • Doris's memories of her mother's struggles
Q.5
Margaret offers Jackie a cup of tea which is refused. What does this exchange between mother and daughter tell the audience?
  • Margaret persists in offering Jackie things that she expects to be rejected
  • Jackie expects Margaret to remember that she does not take sugar in her tea
  • Margaret believes that Jackie should make a greater effort to please others
  • All of the above
Q.6
When Doris says that she doesn't believe it necessary to have the electricity and water turned on, how does Margaret understand her?
  • Margaret thinks she is needlessly denying them a necessity
  • Margaret believes that she is not thinking straight in her grief
  • Margaret understands that Doris is worried about the bills
  • Margaret thinks her mother is trying to stop the work being done
Q.7
Which one of the following does NOT describe the atmosphere of this scene?
  • Tense
  • Heavy
  • Suspenseful
  • Mournful
Q.8
Which of the following lines reminds the audience that Rosie views Jackie as her sister?
  • "Did you do it because you like Jackie best?"
  • "Even you can’t organize roses to come alive"
  • "C’mon, we can’t prune them now"
  • "Mum, can Jackie and I make a snowman?"
Q.9
Doris's concern about the roses stems from which of the following?
  • She has always been fond of her garden and especially the flowers
  • She has always been concerned about what other people think of her
  • She feels sorry to be leaving her roses behind and regretful for neglecting them
  • All of the above
Q.10
What does the final line tell us about Jackie?
  • Jackie is engaging in wishful thinking and only really has space for Rosie
  • Jackie adores her family and has set aside a room in her home for each member
  • One of Jackie's deepest hopes is that Rosie will come to live with her
  • Jackie does not really have space for the rest of her family but is only being polite
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