Hector

Question 1

Regret, Loneliness - God-forsaken

Answer 1

‘What made me piss my life away in this god-forsaken place? There’s nothing left of me.’

Question 2

Education - A-Levels

Answer 2

‘proudly jingling you A-levels, those longed for emblems of your conformity’

Question 3

Truth

Answer 3

‘Why can they not all just tell the truth?’

Question 4

Education - Pass it on

Answer 4

‘Pass the parcel. That’s something all you can do…pass it on boys. That’s the game’

Question 5

Hector - Benediction

Lintott - Grope: religion.

Answer 5

‘…more in benediction than gratification’

‘A grope is a grope. It is not the Annunciation’

Question 6

Education - Impinges
[Lintott]
*impinges means to have an effect on, or an influence, especially a negative one

Answer 6

‘He impinges.’

Question 7

Lives alone

Answer 7

‘He lives alone in a cottage he has renovated himself, has an allotment and periodic breakdowns’.

Question 8

Bread eaten

Answer 8

“I am your teacher. Whatever I do in this room is a token of my trust. I am in your hands. It is a pact. Bread eaten in secret.’

Question 9

Rounded human beings

Answer 9

“Mr. Hector’s stuff’s not meant for the exam, sir. It’s to make us more rounded human beings.”