The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -Time - Characters test questions - CCEA - GCSE English Literature Revision

1

Read this extract from the play and answer the following questions:

Christopher

I know you told me not to get involved in other people’s business but Mrs Shears is a friend of ours.

Well, she’s not a friend any more.

Christopher

Why not?

OK Christopher. I am going to say this for the last and final time. I will not tell you again. Look at me when I’m talking to you for God’s sake. Look at me. You are not to go asking Mrs Shears who killed that bloody dog. You are not to go asking anyone who killed that bloody dog. You are not to go trespassing on other people’s gardens. You are to stop this ridiculous bloody detective game right now. I am going to make you promise me Christopher. And you know what it means when I make you promise.

Christopher

I know.

Promise me that you will give up this ridiculous game right now, OK?

Christopher

I promise.

Part One

Ed swears a lot during this extract - what does this tell us about his character?

That he can lose his temper occasionally

That he enjoys swearing at Christopher

That Ed is not a good role model

2

Until this point Christopher has repeatedly ignored Ed’s requests to stop his investigation, this shows his:

Inability to listen

Determination

Evil side

3

Why is Ed so keen for Christopher to stop investigating the death of Wellington?

He thinks that it is a matter for the police

He does not care about Wellington

He doesn't want him to discover the truth about the dog's death

4

Read this extract from the play and answer the following questions:

Christopher

I’m going to pass it and get an A* grade. And then in two years I’ll take A-level physics and get an A* grade. And then I’m going to go to university in another town. It doesn't have to be in London because I don’t like London and there are universities in lots of places and not all of them are in big cities. I can live in a flat with a garden and a proper toilet. I can take Sandy and my books and my computer. Then I will get a first class honours degree. Then I will be a scientist. I can do these things.

Part Two

Why does Christopher not want to go to university in a big town?

Small towns have better universities

Big towns have fewer university places

He finds people confusing

5

Christopher is confident that he will get an A* and first class honours. He is obviously very:

Talented

Arrogant

Misguided

6

Ed bought a dog for Christopher, what does this reveal about Ed's character?

He is foolish, dogs are not gifts to give

He is a caring and patient father

He doesn't understand Christopher

7

Read this extract from the play and answer the following questions:

Judy

If I hadn't married your father I think I’d be living in a little farm house in the South of France with someone called Jean. And he’d be, ooh, a local handyman. You know, doing painting and decorating for people, gardening, building fences. And we’d have a veranda with figs growing over it and there would be a field of sunflowers at the bottom of the garden and a little town on the hill in the distance and we’d sit outside in the evening....

Part One

Judy talks about sitting on a "veranda" near "a field of sunflowers" with "a little town on the hill in the distance".. What does this reveal about her character?

She wants more holidays

She is lazy

She has a romantic vision

8

Judy is telling Christopher how her life might have been if she hadn't married his father, what does this tell the audience about her?

She and Christopher have a very close bond

She is honest about her feelings

She wants to move away with Christopher

9

Christopher is not a part of the scene she describes, what does this reveal about her feelings for him?

She struggles with her relationship with him sometimes

She always forgets about him

She dislikes Christopher

10

Who does Judy have an affair with?

Rhodri

Mr Shears

Mr Thompson