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I hope lots of people came to your opening and thought your gallery was brill.
My Mother Said I Never Should - Dialogue
This GCSE English Literature quiz will challenge on on dialogue in Charlotte Keatley's My Mother Said I Never Should. "Dialogue" in literature refers to any direct speech, although the term technically means a conversation between at least two people. A significant aspect of characterisation, dialogue gives the reader important information about the characters. By devoting some attention to the style and content of each character’s speech, you will be able to form mental images of the characters. Dialogue is also important because it instigates action, provoking change and plot development. A play, of course, is almost entirely created from dialogue.
One approach to thinking about the dialogue in a work of fiction is by comparing and contrasting one character’s speech with another’s.
1 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"Look at you now, a year ago you had everything, you were so excited about the art school, new friends, doing so well — "
"Look at you now, a year ago you had everything, you were so excited about the art school, new friends, doing so well — "
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Margaret wants Jackie to succeed in her education and career; she is disappointed in her daughter for having a baby at nineteen
2 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"Exactly. It's all my fault. He loved me, Mother....but he didn't want to share me"
"Exactly. It's all my fault. He loved me, Mother....but he didn't want to share me"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Margaret blames herself and her job for her husband leaving her, but is also bewildered because she had no other option than to work
3 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"Only think about her at night, her cheek against mine, soft and furry, like an apricot..."
"Only think about her at night, her cheek against mine, soft and furry, like an apricot..."
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Jackie cannot cope in a tiny flat with a baby on her own and with friends who do not understand her differing priorities; at the same time she loves her daughter and grieves to give her up
4 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"We'll have less passion and more perseverance, please"
"We'll have less passion and more perseverance, please"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Doris is strict with Margaret concerning manners and education (and piano practice)
5 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"I hope lots of people came to your opening and thought your gallery was brill"
"I hope lots of people came to your opening and thought your gallery was brill"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
At the death of Margaret, Rosie finds out that Jackie is her birth mother, not her sister. She is angry with Jackie for not being present at Margaret's death and for a lifetime of lies
6 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"You have to travel lots, and your work's the most important thing, isn't it"
"You have to travel lots, and your work's the most important thing, isn't it"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Rosie, who still believes Jackie to be her older sister, has absorbed the family's expectation that Jackie is the career woman. The family push Jackie into success while also resenting her for not visiting frequently enough
7 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"Don't sound so worried. Why d'you always think things are your fault?"
"Don't sound so worried. Why d'you always think things are your fault?"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Rosie tells Jackie to stop blaming herself, warning that she will turn into Margaret, who also apologises constantly
8 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"When you're old...if you're rude...they just think your mind is going. They never understand that it's anger"
"When you're old...if you're rude...they just think your mind is going. They never understand that it's anger"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Doris is filled with resentment from never speaking her mind and never asking for what she wanted. Faced with losing her home after her husband's death, she reflects on a lifetime's habit of not being honest about her feelings
9 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"And we'll get some string, and take Mummy down by the railway line where there's a hole in the fence, and I think you have to put a stake through her heart"
"And we'll get some string, and take Mummy down by the railway line where there's a hole in the fence, and I think you have to put a stake through her heart"
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
In the Wasteground, it is Jackie's idea to kill their mothers. As a character, she is the one with more self-blame than any of the others and also experiences everyone's hurt and anger
10 .
Match the dialogue to the correct speaker.
"I had a job once too. I know it was only teaching, but...."
"I had a job once too. I know it was only teaching, but...."
Rosie
Jackie
Margaret
Doris
Doris feels wistful for the career she once had but was unable to continue as a mother
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