1. What happens to the people at Bernie’s workplace?
    1.   they cannot understand Bernie
    2.   they keep getting promoted above Bernie
    3.   they all have girlfriends
    4.   they behave as if they haven’t reached their puberty
  2. Honey thinks that it is _______ for Bernie to think that no one fancies him.
    1.   lobbyist
    2.   obnoxious
    3.   nonsense
    4.   noxious
  3. Honey had fancied Bernie before he became _____.
    1.   bolding
    2.   pale
    3.   fat
    4.   old
  4. Bernie earns more money than Honey.
    1.   True
    2.   False
  5. Honey earns only 20 pence a week in
    1.   a wording stall
    2.   a wrestling hall
    3.   a record store
    4.   a retail store
  6. Honey describes herself as someone…(you may select more than 1 option)
    1. who works really hard
    2. who has nice hair
    3. who has feathers
    4. whose eyes are funny
    5. who is attached to cruel men
    6. whose breasts have started shrinking
    7. who is married
    8. who is incredibly sad
    9. who is needed by Anna Scott
    10. who can walk
  7. Bella describes herself as someone… (you may select more than 1 option)
    1. who can’t walk
    2. whose house is full of ramps
    3. who has given up smoking
    4. who still considers herself lucky in lots of ways
    5. who loved smoking
    6. who doesn’t have a baby
    7. who loves brownies
  8. Max describes William as someone who “used to be handsome, now kind of squidgy round the edges”.

    Someone who is ‘squidgy round the edges’ …
    1.   has low self-esteem and wants to hide himself away
    2.   is getting old, losing his good looks and muscle
    3.   is aging and becomes more and more stubborn
  9. Who is divorced and was nicknamed Floppy?
    1.   Max
    2.   William
    3.   Honey
    4.   Bernie
  10. Max: I'm sorry? You think you deserve the brownie?
    Anna: [Chuckles] Well, a shot at it at least, huh?

    ‘take a shot at something’ =
    1.   to make an attempt to do something
    2.   to fire a shot at someone or something
    3.   to criticize someone
  11. Anna describes herself as someone…(you may select more than 1 option)
    1. who has been on a diet, everyday, since she was 19
    2. who wants the brownie because she is hungry
    3. who was physically abused by one of her bad boyfriends
    4. who had plastic surgery
    5. who find it painful to keep her looks
    6. who is sad and middle-aged
    7. who looks like someone who was famous
  12. Anna: “…and every time I get my heart broken, the newspapers splash it about as though it's entertainment.”

    What does ‘splash it about’ mean in this context?
    1.   celebrate it
    2.   publicize it
    3.   emphasizes it
  13. Anna: “And one day not long from now, my looks will go..”

    By ‘my looks will go’, Anna means…
    1.   her style will become outdated
    2.   she will lose her beauty
    3.   people will stop looking at her