Starter quiz
- 'Leave Taking' is a play. We are reading the script. The script is made up of scenes, dialogue and what other dramatic device?
- acts
- chapters
- actors
- stage directions ✓
- couplets
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- How does scene two of 'Leave Taking' begin?
- Mai is visiting.
- The Pastor is visiting.
- Viv is studying. ✓
- Del is studying.
- Enid is cleaning. ✓
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- In scene four of 'Leave Taking', Viv enters the living room. What does she find there?
- Her mother in the dark. ✓
- Her mother drinking. ✓
- Brod drinking.
- Her sister creeping in after a late night.
- Her mother dancing.
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- In scene six of 'Leave Taking', Enid asks Mai, "You ever wonder if it was worth it?". What is Enid talking about?
- having children
- migrating to England ✓
- obeah
- leaving Jamaica ✓
- marriage
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- In Scene Six of 'Leave Taking', Enid consults Mai once more. What does she ask for support with?
- Viv's exam results
- contacting her mother
- protecting Del ✓
- sleeping ✓
- money
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- In scene six of 'Leave Taking', Pinnock includes stage directions to increase our understanding of Enid's pain, writing, Enid's mouth "opens in a soundless ______."
- 'scream' ✓
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