My Name is Leon. Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
MNIL Chpt 1: What is the ‘special moment’ the novel opens with?
Leon getting to hold his new born brother for the first time
MNIL Chpt 1: What is Leon’s favourite TV programme?
The dukes of hazard
MNIL Chpt 2: Who is Bobby?
Tina’s son
MNIL Chpt 2: What does Carol call the baby?
Jake
MNIL Chpt 3: Who is Tony?
Jake’s dad
MNIL Chpt 1: How old is Leon when the novel opens?
Nearly nine
MNIL Chpt 1: Complete the quotation that Carol says to Leon ‘Just me and you and him. …’
Always
MNIL: Chpt 2 Why does Leon not kiss his mum back when she kisses him goodnight?
She broke a promise about the baby’s name
MNIL: Chpt 3 Complete the quotation - “Leon has begun to notice the things that make his mum ______”
Cry
MNIL Chpt 2: What does Leon do at school which suggests he likes the baby?
Tells everyone about him
MNIL Chpt 2: Which of Carol’s actions below suggest she loves Leon and the baby?
She says ‘Aren’t we lucky’
MNIL Chpt 3: Carol tells Tina all about her finding Tony and their conversation. Why might it be significant that, as Leon notices, “Tina isn’t asking questions like she usually does”?
Tina might not be as sure as Carol about Tony’s reliability and whether he did just “forget”.
MNIL Chpt 5: What does Leon do when he feels angry with Carol because she leaves him in charge?
Steal coins out of her purse
MNIL Chpt 5: Why does Jake stop wearing a nappy?
All the new nappy’s have gone
MNIL Chpt 5: Why does Carol’s room smell like Jake’s nappy?
Carol has wet the bed
MNIL Chpt 5: Why does Leon go to see Tina?
To borrow some money
MNIL Chpt 5: Why did Tina and Carol have a row?
Carol borrowed money and didn’t repay it
MNIL Chpt 5: Who is the ‘Zebra’?
A social worker
MNIL Chpt 5: In the opening of Chapter 5 which phrase might forshadow the idea that Leon’s life might be about to change? “As soon as the summer holidays start, things get jangled up at home. Leon can go to bed whenever he wants and sometimes he can even go to sleep on the sofa because his mum doesn’t notice.”
Things get jangled
MNIL Chpt 5: Why does Leon tell the ambulance lady he isn’t hungry?
He does not want them to think badly of carol
MNIL Chpt 5: Leon says that “Social workers have two pretend faces. Pretend Happy and Pretend Sad.” What does this use of the word “pretend” suggest he believes about them?
That they are not honest and don’t tell him the truth
MNIL Chpt 5: Leon lists a system or routine he follows to look after Jake. He says “Change the nappy (remember to use the white cream or by the second morning the baby’s bum is sore). Feed the baby but be careful goint downstairs …” What does Kit de Waal use the brackets and further on phrases like “be careful” to suggest about how often Leon is looking after Jake?
Leon has been looking after Jake for a long time-we can see this because the subordinate phrases suggest he has from experience of things going wrong
