Blood Brothers (AQA GCSE English Literature): Exam Questions

Exam code: 8702

8 hours130 questions
134 marks

How does Russell present Linda as an important character in the play Blood Brothers?

Write about:  

  • what Linda says and does in the play

  • how Russell presents Linda as an important character in the play Blood Brothers

[30 marks] 
AO4 [4 marks]

234 marks

How far does Russell present Mrs Lyons as a lonely and unhappy character in Blood Brothers? 

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  • what Mrs Lyons says and does

  • how far Russell presents Mrs Lyons as lonely and unhappy.

[30 marks] 
AO4 [4 marks]

334 marks

How does Russell use the character of Mickey to show the importance of education in Blood Brothers? 

Write about:

  • Mickey’s experience of education

  • how Russell uses Mickey to show the importance of education.

[30 marks] 
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434 marks

How does Russell present the importance of friendship in Blood Brothers? 

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  • examples of friendship in the play

  • how Russell presents the importance of friendship.

[30 marks] 
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530 marks

How far does Russell present Mrs Johnstone as a strong female character in Blood Brothers? 

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  • what Mrs Johnstone says and does

  • how far Russell presents Mrs Johnstone as a strong female character. 

[30 marks]

630 marks

How does Russell use the Narrator to comment on society in Blood Brothers? 

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  • what the Narrator says

  • how Russell uses the Narrator to comment on society. 

[30 marks]

734 marks

Mrs Johnstone says:

“By the time I was twenty-five, I looked like forty-two,

With seven hungry mouths to feed and one more nearly due.”

How does Russell use Mrs Johnstone to explore ideas about poverty in Blood Brothers?

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  • what Mrs Johnstone says and does

  • how Russell presents poverty in the play.

[30 marks] 
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834 marks

How does Russell present violence in Blood Brothers?

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  • what characters say and do in violent situations

  • how Russell presents violence in the play.

[30 marks] 
AO4 [4 marks]

934 marks

At the end of Blood Brothers, the Narrator says: “And do we blame superstition for what came to pass? Or could it be what we, the English, have come to know as class?”

How does Russell present the importance of the play’s ending?

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  • what happens at the end of the play

  • how Russell presents the importance of the ending.

[30 marks] 
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1034 marks

How does Russell present the importance of work and unemployment in Blood Brothers?

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  • what characters say and do about work

  • how Russell presents ideas about work and unemployment.

[30 marks] 
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1134 marks

How far does Russell present the Narrator as the moral voice of Blood Brothers?

Write about:

  • what the Narrator says and does

  • how far Russell presents the Narrator as a moral voice in the play.

[30 marks] 
AO4 [4 marks]