My Name is Leon: Character of Carol

In Chapter 1, what does Carol do rather than feeding the baby like the nurse suggests?

• Goes for a walk

• Goes for a smoke

• Goes to the pub

• Has a nap

Complete the quotation which Carol says to Leon in Chapter 1: 'Just you and me. ______'

In Chapter 2, Carol explains to Tina (her neighbour) that she doesn't like take the pills she'd been prescribed. Why not?

• They give her headaches

• They are too expensive

• They stop her sleeping

• They give her nightmares

In Chapter 3, we learn that Jake's father Tony is 39. How old is Carol at this point?

Where does Carol keep going to try to contact Tony in the first section of the book?

• The park
• The library
• The phone box

• The post office

What two things does Carol make Leon promise?

• ‘Look after him and look after yourself.'

• 'Don't shit where you sit.'

• 'Get something more out of life.'

Complete the quotation: ‘As soon as the summer holidays start, things get _______ up at home.’

Complete the quotation: 'It was like she’d said many times before: just because she’s _______, it doesn’t mean she’s happy.'

• beautiful

• singing

• a mother

• out of bed

In Chapter 12, Leon reads the notes about Carol from Salma's bag. It described Carol's 'itinerant' lifestyle. What does this mean?

• travelling often with no permanent home

• one characterised by dirt and disease

• a hoarder; someone who cannot bear to get rid of belongings

In Salma's notes, what has Carol been diagnosed with?

• bipolar disorder

• emotionally unstable personality disorder

• narcissistic disorder