'Night' by Alice Munro (Edexcel Anthology)

What does NOT happen to the protagonist in the first page of the short story?

• A SNOWSTORM

• APPENDICITIS

• A DIFFICULT JOURNEY

• CANCER

How is her 'growth' described?

• DEFINITELY CANCEROUS

• SPOKEN ABOUT OPENLY

• DEFINITELY BENIGN

• THE SIZE OF A TURKEY'S EGG

How does Munro show she was reassured that the growth was not serious?

• Her mother told her:

  "It's all over now."

• She tells the reader:

  'for here I am today'

• 'when called upon to list my surgeries, I automatically say or write only "Appendix".'

• 'There must have been a cloud around that word'

Which is NOT true about June?

• It was a hot Summer.

• There was nothing wrong with her.

• She got out of school early because of her grades.

• She read books and did chores as usual at first.

Which words are used to describe the relationship between the sisters?

• UNSETTLED

• TORMENTING

• A COUNSELLOR

• CONSTANTLY INTERTWINED

Possibly because of her invalid status, the protagonist does not have to do lots of work and is left alone. She describes herself as:

WANDERING ABOUT LIKE A _______.

The writer finds the quiet of the house at night (because of her insomnia) liberating.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• AT FIRST

• LATER ON

How does the writer show her suffering and worries over her mental health because of her insomnia?

• She says:

  'I was not myself'

• She says: 'Something was taking hold of me'

• She says:

  'Why not try the worst?'

• She says:

  'madness...could be lying right beside me there in the night'

How does she try to cope with her insomnia?

• Reciting rhymes and poetry to try to sleep.

• Talking to her family about it.

• Getting herself out of the room.

• Drinking warm milk.

What does she NOT notice when she goes outside?

• THE STREET LIGHTS

• THE TREES LOOMING OVER HER

• THE BIRDS WAKING UP

• THE LAWNS SHE HAD MOWN