Grades 9 and 10 - Literature - High School - My Mother Said I Never Should - Illustrating and Supporting Points | Practice Test / Quiz / MCQs

1. DORIS: Mother! Come and look. Do I look different? I must look different, I feel as though I've swallowed a firework.

Doris is so excited and surprised by her engagement that she can only express her feelings by explaining that she 'feels as though she has swallowed a firework'Doris is so excited and surprised by her engagement that she can only express her feelings by explaining that she feels as though she has swallowed a fireworkDoris is so excited and surprised by her engagement that she can only express her feelings by explaining that she feels as though she has 'swallowed a firework'Doris is so excited and surprised by her engagement that she can only express her feelings by explaining that she feels as though 'I've swallowed a firework'

2. DORIS: Margaret? I brought you some cocoa. (Sound of planes, distant.) Margaret? Are you asleep? . . . Dear? (Silence.) Well then. You'll just have to drink it cold in the morning.

The first time in the scene that Doris shows Margaret kindness, bringing her cocoa and calling her 'dear', it is too late: Margaret is asleepThe first time in the scene that Doris shows Margaret kindness, bringing her 'cocoa' and calling her dear, it is too late: Margaret is asleepThe first time in the scene that Doris shows Margaret kindness, bringing her 'cocoa' and calling her 'dear', it is too late: Margaret is 'asleep'The first time in the scene that Doris shows Margaret kindness, bringing her cocoa and calling her dear, it is too late: Margaret is asleep

3. JACKIE: There. I even washed your red sock. Washed everything, don't want Mommy to think — (Holding back tears.) I've got to clear up, Rosie. — All these ashtrays, Sandra and Hugh last night, they never think about you, do they?

Jackie struggles with being a 'good mother' at the same time as proving herself to her own 'Mummy'All of the aboveJackie feels as if she is still a 'little girl' who needs her mother's approvalAs she fusses over the ashtrays, Jackie struggles with two simultaneous roles: being a good mother and a good daughter worried about pleasing her own mother

4. ROSIE: It's so lovely here, Doris. (Pause.) Ken phoned to say happy birthday. I asked him to put some flowers on Margaret's grave today.

At the end of the play, after surviving the shock of revelation, Rosie refers to her entire family by their first names; 'Doris', 'Ken' and 'Margaret' join 'Jackie', as she has always known her own motherAt the end of the play, after surviving the shock of revelation, Rosie refers to her entire family by their first names, 'Doris', 'Ken' and 'Margaret'At the end of the play, after surviving the shock of revelation, Rosie refers to her entire family by their first names: Doris, Ken and MargaretAll of the above

5. MARGARET: It's funny, hearing 'Mummy' in this place. You do a job, people treat you differently.

Margaret is struck by how 'odd' it is to hear herself 'called Mummy' in the workplaceMargaret is struck by how odd it is to hear herself called 'Mummy' in the workplaceMargaret is struck by how odd it is to hear herself called Mommy in the workplaceMargaret is struck by how odd it is to hear herself called 'Mummy' in the 'workplace'

6. MARGARET: And I'm going to learn to type! Ken says it will be helpful if we need a second income. (As they shake the sheet.) Typing's far more useful than all those stupid school certificates. I'll get a proper job.

In referring to academic qualifications as stupid and housework as not a 'proper' job, Margaret rejects her mother's expectations for herIn referring to academic 'qualifications' as 'stupid' and housework as not a 'proper job', Margaret rejects her mother's expectations for herIn referring to academic qualifications as 'stupid' and housework as not a proper job, Margaret rejects her mother's expectations for herIn referring to academic qualifications as 'stupid' and housework as not a 'proper job', Margaret rejects her mother's expectations for her

7. MARGARET: If you left a bit of butter on your plate, it was either Mother on at you about rationing, or Father would tell us again, how he started his business with a tin of boot polish, cleaning gentlemen's shoes on the steps of the Royal Exchange. What that had to do with butter, I really don't know.

Margaret remembers being lectured frequently as a child, complaining: 'it was either Mother 'on at you about 'rationing', or Father would tell us again, how he started his business 'with a tin of boot polish'Margaret remembers being lectured frequently as a child, complaining it was either Mother on at you about rationing, or Father would tell us again, how he started his business with a tin of boot polishMargaret remembers being 'lectured' frequently as a child, complaining: 'it was either Mother on at you about rationing, or Father would tell us again, how he started his business with a tin of boot polish'Margaret remembers being lectured frequently as a child, complaining: 'it was either Mother on at you about rationing, or Father would tell us again, how he started his business with a tin of boot polish'

8. ROSIE: Why don't you go and get drunk, or whatever it is you lot do to show you're feeling something.

Rosie accuses Jackie of lacking 'feeling', telling her to go and get drunk or whateverRosie's complete and utter rejection of her birth mother is shown in her use of the phrase 'you lot'Rosie accuses Jackie of lacking feeling, telling her to go and get drunk or whateverRosie rejects her birth mother in the most cruel manner by referring to her as you lot

9. MARGARET: You can come with me. To my secret, secret hide.
Margaret holds out her hand. Jackie takes it.
JACKIE: No. Not yet. Do you mind?

In the final scene in the Wasteground, Margaret invites Jackie to join her in death, her secret, secret hideIn the final scene in the Wasteground, Margaret invites Jackie to join her in death, her 'secret, secret hide'In the final scene in the Wasteground, Margaret invites Jackie to join her in death, her 'secret, secret' hideIn the final scene in the Wasteground, Margaret invites Jackie to join her in death, her secret, secret 'hide'

10. JACKIE (angry): I'll go back! Yes I will, finish the degree, I won't fail both things!

Jackie feels like a failure at motherhood, but promises her mother that she will 'go back' to college, rather than failing 'both things'Jackie feels like a 'failure' at motherhood, but promises her mother that she will go back to college, rather than failing 'both things'Jackie feels like a failure at motherhood, but promises her mother that she will go back to college, rather than failing both thingsJackie feels like a failure at motherhood, but promises her mother that she will go back to college, rather than failing 'both things'

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