Journey's End: Characters test questions - Edexcel

1

Who makes this observation about the stress of war?

“I knew I’d go mad if I didn’t break the strain. I couldn’t bear to be fully conscious all the time …”.

2

Read this extract.

Hibbert
I never forget picking up a couple of tarts one night and taking ‘em out to dinner.
Trotter
[winking at STANHOPE] ‘E’s orf again.
Hibbert
We drank enough bubbly to sink a battleship –
Stanhope
To float a battleship.
Hibbert
Well – to float a battleship. Then I took ‘em for a joy-ride out to Maidenhead – did sixty all the way. We danced a bit at Skindles, and drank a lot of port and muck. Then damned if I didn’t lose the way coming back – got landed miles from anywhere. And these tarts began cursing me like hell – said I’d done it on purpose. I said if they didn’t damn well shut up I’d chuck ‘em both out in the road and leave ‘em.
Stanhope
[ironically] Hurrah! That’s the idea! Treat ‘em rough!
Act III, Scene 2

What does this show us about Hibbert?

3

Why is Stanhope furious that Raleigh has joined C Company?

4

Which character says this to a fellow officer?

“Now go and have ten minutes’ rest and a smoke – then we’ll go up together and hold each other’s hands – and jump every time a rat squeaks.”

5

Why does Osborne read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

6

Why does Stanhope sometimes call Osborne "Uncle"?

7

Who exclaims “How topping if we both get the MC!” six minutes before the raid?

8

What does Sherriff tell us through Trotter’s accent in the following quote?

“Ha! Give me apricots every time! I ‘ate pineapple chunks; too bloomin’ sickly for me!”