'Room' - Unlying - Quotes Test Flashcards
What quotes tell us that Old Nick has bruised Ma’s neck?
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“You’re (Ma) dirty on your neck”
“Actually that’s not dirt, I don’t think”
“I see her neck again, the marks he put on her”
“The marks are purple now”
-Jack
Give the quote where Ma tries to explain TV isn’t real to Jack
(2)
“What we see on Tv is .. it’s pictures of real things”
“lots of TV is made-up pictures - like Dora’s just a drawing - but the other people, the ones with faces …. they’re real”
Give the quote where we find out that Ma suffers from depression after not being able to explain what the outside world is to Jack.
(3)
“Today is one of the days when Ma is Gone”
“She won’t wake up properly”
“She’s here but not really”
Give the quote where Jack tells us he is scared to ask his Ma about the outside world.
I want to wake Ma up and ask about Outside …. but she’d be mad”
Give the quotes where we learn Jack is distressed over the bruises on Ma’s neck.
(3)
“I’m going to kick Old Nick till I break his but”
“I cry a bit but no noise”
“I think I might throw up”
Give the quote where Jack tells us he wants to breastfeed.
“I want some very much, I didn’t have any all day”
Give the quote where Jack believes he was his stillbirth sibling before he was born
“I see the brown mark on Mattress from when I came out of Ma’s tummy the first time”
Give the quote that explains Ma tries to contact people at night
(2)
“In the night she’s flashing, it wakes me in Bed.”
“Lamp on…lamp off…lamp on…lamp off”
Give the quote where Old Nick believes he is good to Ma and Jack
(2)
“I don’t think you appreciate how good you’ve got it here”
“plenty girls would thank their lucky stars for a setup like this”
How does Ma talk to Old Nick whenever he brings up Jack?
2
“Are you coming to bed?” -Ma
“That funny high voice” - Jack
How does Ma talk to Old Nick when he refuses to buy vitamins for Jack?
“I bet we’re cheaper to keep than a dog”
Give the quote where we learn Old Nick has been fired.
“Six months I’ve been laid off”
Give the quote where we learn Jack doesn’t want Ma to get hurt.
“I’m so scared he’s going to hurt her again”
How does Old Nick talk about Jack when he sees him for the first time in years?
“Poor little freak’s got two heads or something?”
How does Ma get Old Nick away from jack?
“Let’s just go to bed”
