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'Small Island'

Starter quiz

  • In 'Small Island', what do we find out about Queenie at the end of Act 1?
    • She is ill
    • She is pregnant  ✓
    • She is bankrupt
    • She is killed
  • In 'Small Island' which character says "I cannot be the fool who is left behind again”?
    • Elwood
    • Hortense  ✓
    • Celia
    • Gilbert
    • Queenie
  • In 'Small Island', who has ambitions of being a teacher and being greeted "with manners and respect"?
    • Queenie
    • Celia
    • Hortense  ✓
    • Gilbert
    • Michael
  • Which of these is not a description of setting from Act 1, 'Small Island'?
    • Jamaica bracing itself for a hurricane.
    • A grey, starkly realistic world.  ✓
    • Footage of celebrations in Kingston.
    • The Empire Windrush is preparing to sail.
    • News footage of the 'Blitz Spirit'.
  • Match the characters from 'Small Island' to the correct quote.
    • Hortense
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      "In England I will have a smart front door and I will ring the bell." ✓
    • Queenie
      ⇔
      "What have you done?" ✓
    • Michael
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      "I lost my family. In a hurricane". ✓
    • Gilbert
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      "I'm done with this small island. I seen too much of the world now." ✓
  • These descriptions all appear at the start of scenes in 'Small Island'. Starting with the first, put them in chronological order.
    • 1
      ⇔
      Pathe-style news footage of Jamaica bracing itself for a hurricane.
    • 2
      ⇔
      Pathe-style news footage of the 'Blitz Spirit'.
    • 3
      ⇔
      Pathe-style footage of celebrations in Kingston.
    • 4
      ⇔
      Pathe-style footage of Britain's efforts to get back on its feet.
    • 5
      ⇔
      A sultry evening in Kingston.
    • 6
      ⇔
      Kingston docks. The Empire Windrush is preparing to sail.
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