Starter quiz
- What happens at the end of Scene Three of 'Leave Taking'?
- Enid finds out Del has lost her job.
- Enid slaps Del after an argument.
- Enid finds out her mother has died. ✓
- Enid visits Mai, an obeah woman.
- Enid and Brod dance together.
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- In 'Leave Taking', why is Enid particularly proud of her daughter, Viv?
- She covers for her sister Del, showing loyalty.
- She values her Jamaican roots and cultural identity.
- She is on course to go to university. ✓
- She is very academic. ✓
- She was polite when the Pastor came round.
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- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Brod says he 'dream[s]' of Jamaica. Enid says she doesn't dream about it because England 'is my ______'.
- 'home' ✓
- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Brod acknowledges that Jamaica is very poor. He says, 'An why they poor? Because a ______'.
- 'colonialism' ✓
- At the end of Scene Three of 'Leave Taking', Del blames her mother for a specific event in their childhood. What is it?
- Migrating from Jamaica to Britain.
- Their father leaving. ✓
- Becoming friends with Mai, an obeah woman.
- Getting a job as a hospital cleaner.
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- In Scene Three of 'Leave Taking', Viv expresses a desire to go to Jamaica and visit the extended family. Enid doesn't support this saying, 'You don't understand what ______ do to people.'
- 'poverty' ✓
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