Private Peaceful Quotes

Question 1

Tommo: Shy and timid

Answer 1

“At playtime in the school yard, I want to go over and talk to her but I can’t because she’s always surrounded by a gaggle go giggling girls.”

Question 2

Tommo:Worrier

Answer 2

I look back over my shoulder, hoping for a reprieve, hoping that Mother will come running after me and take me home. But she doesn’t come and school and Mr Munnings and his cane are getting closer with every step.

Question 3

Tommo:Determined

Answer 3

At the start of the day Tommo couldn’t tie his laces but by the end of the day he was able to. “They were loose and messy but still tied.”

Question 4

Tommo:Frail

Answer 4

“All I want to do is cry I hang my head so they can’t see the tears coming.”

Question 5

Tommo:Dedicated

Answer 5

“All I know is that I must survive I have promised to keep.” At the end of the book he is determined to survive because he promised Charlie he would look after Molly.

Question 6

Charlie:Leader

Answer 6

“Charlie is taking me by the hand leading me because he knows I don’t want to go.”

Question 7

Charlie: Protective to the end

Answer 7

Charlie disobeyed Sergeant Hanley’s Direct order to charge out into no mans land so he could stay and look after Tommo. “But the thing is Sergeant even if I wanted to, I can’t go with you because I’d have to leave Tommo behind, and I can’t do that. As you can see Sergeant, he’s been wounded.” This defiance led to Charlie’s death.

Question 8

Charlie: Understanding

Answer 8

he sees my eyes full of tears and knows how it is. Charlie always knows how it is.

Question 9

Charlie:Rebellious

Answer 9

“And I was the Charlie.” He laughed at that. “A right Charlie. Then of course there was my record as a troublemaker, ‘A mutinous troublemaker’ Hanley called me.

Question 10

Charlie: A good and kind brother

Answer 10

“Piggyback?” says Charlie he sees my eyes full of tears and knows how it is. Charlie always knows how it is.

Question 11

Molly:Kind and Caring

Answer 11

“Then she looks at me and smiles. It’s all I need.”

Question 12

Molly:Popular

Answer 12

“I wanted to go and talk to her but I can’t because she’s always surrounded by a gaggle of giggling girls.”

Question 13

Molly:Helpful

Answer 13

So while she calls the role she kneels down in front of me and does up my laces.

Question 14

Molly:Sensitive

Answer 14

“She said that although she thought he was handsome he had rather pointed ears, which is untrue of course but upset Molly greatly.

Question 15

Give three quotes for the opening of Private Peaceful?

Answer 15

“They’ve gone now and I’m alone at last. I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won’t waste a single moment of it. I shan’t sleep it away. I won’t dream it away either. I musn’t because every moment of it will be far to precious.”
“Anyway I’ll look after you. That I do believe as he always has.”
“Understand this Thomas Peaceful that here I am your lord and master. You do what I say when I say it.”
“Then she looks up at me at last and smiles. It’s all I need. Suddenly I no longer want to run home.”

Question 16

Give three quotes for Mr.Peaceful’s death?

Answer 16

“Before I ever went to school he’d often take me off to work with him”
“Off you go you scallywag, you” he said. “Enjoy yourself”
“I crawl over to where he is lying pinned to the ground under the leafy crown of the great tree.”
“When I shout at him, when I shake him, he does not wake up.”

Question 17

Give three quotes for the Majors speech?

Answer 17

“I heard the sound of the band coming down the high street, drums pounding. Bugles blaring.”
“They’ll come marching through here burning your houses,killing your
children and yes, violating your women.”
“Who would you rather see marching through your streets? Us lot or the Hun?”

Question 18

Give three quotes for the ending?

Answer 18

“When the time comes I will go outside, and I will look up at the sky because I know Charlie will be doing the same as they take him out. We’ll be seeing the same clouds, feeling the same breeze on our faces. At least that way we’ll be together.”
Each of us says the same thing as we leave. “Bye Charlie”
“I try to close my mind to what is happening this minute to Charlie”
“All I know is that I must survive I have promises to keep.”

Question 19

Three quotes for how Tommo feels about Molly?

Answer 19

Tommo has always liked Molly from the beginning. “Then she looks up at me at last and smiles. It’s all I need. Suddenly I no longer want to run home. I want to stay here with Molly. I know I have a friend.” “As I walked away all I could think of was how unhappy Molly must be.” Molly took my hand in hers and held it tight. “I don’t like the dark” she whispered. I have never been so happy.

Question 20

Three quotes for how Tommo thinks about Charlie?

Answer 20

Tommo looks up to Charlie. “I was wishing I had the courage to do what Charlie’s had just done.”
Tommo is dependent on Charlie.”I can’t tie laces Charlie can.”
Tommo is proud of Charlie.”I’m so proud of him for that I have the bravest brother in the world

Question 21

Give three quotes for how Tommo feels about Charlie and Molly together?

Answer 21

“Both of them are older than me, Molly by two years, Charlie by three, they always ran faster than I did.” “I would wine at them to let them know I was feeling all miserable and abandoned.” “When they got to far ahead I sometimes felt they wanted to be without me.”