Mai's character

Question 1

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‘obeah women’

Answer 1

Shows her Jamiacan heritage and that is part of an old, archaic tradition.

Question 2

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‘drinking from a bottle of stout’

Answer 2

-Perhaps shows she is lonely or lost? Perhaps covering up her disillusionment with English life. (disappointed or unhappy by English life)

Question 3

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‘playing cards all over’

Answer 3

-Part of Obeah custom

Question 4

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‘half burned candle’

Answer 4

hints at spirituality? Can she afford lights?

Question 5

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‘tries to read’

Answer 5

She cannot focus again, shows that she is distracted - maybe emotionally?

Question 6

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‘throws down her pen’

Answer 6

She lacks focus, is something on her mind, Is she unhappy?

Question 7

Mai is described as having the ‘gift’ and discusses her ‘appointment’.
Enid describes her as having the ‘gift good’.

Answer 7

• Shows that older Jamaican women think that obeah is a gift.