NLMG Key Quotes from moments 2, 5 and 7

Question 1

Moment 2 quote 1

Answer 1

It’s like walking past a mirror you’ve walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange.

Question 2

Moment 2 quote 2

Answer 2

And though we just kept on walking, we all felt it; it was like we’d walked from the sun right into chilly shade. Ruth had been right: Madame was afraid of us.

Question 3

Moment 5 quote 1

Answer 3

‘I suppose,’ Chrissie went on, her voice wobbling slightly, ‘you lot would know about it. The rules, all that sort of thing.’

She and Rodney looked at each of us in turn, then their gazes settled back on Ruth.

Question 4

Moment 5 quote 2

Answer 4

Ruth turned away from him. ‘What you’ve got to realise,’ she said to Chrissie, ‘is that even though Tommy was at Hailsham, he isn’t like a real Hailsham student. He was left out of everything and people were always laughing at him.’

Question 5

Moment 7 quote 1

Answer 5

‘She can find the art they’ve done over years and years. She can see if they go. If they match. Don’t forget, Kath, what she’s got reveals our souls.’

Question 6

Moment 7 quote 2

Answer 6

‘I could see more drops coming off the gutter and landing on her shoulder, but she didn’t seem to notice.’