Starter quiz

  • Enid is in six of 'Leave Taking's' eight scenes. Match her scenes to their plot points.
    • Scene One
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      Takes her daughters to an obeah reading ✓
    • Scene Two
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      Prepares for the Pastor's visit; slaps Del who leaves home ✓
    • Scene Three
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      Finds out about her mother's death ✓
    • Scene Four
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      Grieves her mother and gives Viv money for university ✓
    • Scene Six
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      Sees Mai again; still processing her grief ✓
    • Scene Eight
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      Has an obeah reading from Del ✓
  • Scene Two of 'Leave Taking' begins with Enid preparing for the Pastor's visit by cleaning the house. What is Viv doing as Enid cleans?
    • Preparing to go to a party
    • Arguing with Del
    • Listening to music
    • Arguing with Brod
    • Studying  ✓
  • In 'Leave Taking', how does Pinnock establish that education is important to the character of Enid?
    • She tells Viv to keep studying when she offers to help clean the house.  ✓
    • She boasts to Brod that Viv is descended from Nanny of the Maroons.
    • She boasts that Viv will go to university.  ✓
    • She is more worried about Del who doesn't have solid qualifications, unlike Viv.  ✓
    • She takes Del to an obeah reading to try and convince her to go back to school.
  • Over the course of 'Leave Taking', what do we find out about Enid's upbringing in Jamaica?
    • Enid's sister migrated shortly after her.
    • Enid always dreamed of migrating to England.
    • Her family didn't have access to basic necessities like running water.  ✓
    • Her mother encouraged her to migrate.
    • Her family were extremely poor.  ✓
  • In Scene Three of 'Leave Taking', Viv says she wants to take a gap year. How does Enid respond?
    • Encouragingly
    • Disapprovingly  ✓
    • Positively
    • Negatively  ✓
    • Proudly
  • Jamaica was a British colony and then a Crown colony until it achieved independence in 1962. What does it mean to be a colony?
    • To be a country that is fully or partially under the control of another.  ✓
    • To be a country that is a place to migrate to or from.
    • To be a country that works with another country towards a certain aim.
    • To be a country that asks another country for support and advice.
    • To be a country that is exploited by another country for economic gain.  ✓
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