This book is a superb all-in-one guide to success GCSE English Language and English Literature - GCSE English 2003

Exam Questions
Section Five — Stories and Novels

You are allowed to use the text to write your essay.

Q1 ’To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee.

Compare and contrast the characters of Atticus Finch and Robert Ewell.

Q2 ’Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding.

Show how the sense of order on the island deteriorates over the course of the novel.

Q3 ’Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck.

Consider the theme of loneliness in the novel ’Of Mice and Men.’

How does it affect the friendships and relationships in the novel?

Q4 ’A Kestrel for a Knave’ by Barry Hines.

In Section 2 of the novel Billy tells his ’tall story’: in what ways does this reinforce the themes of the novel and what does it reveal about Billy’s life?

N.B. If you aren’t studying any of these texts, don’t worry — the practice exam paper at the end of the book has an even larger number of texts to choose from.