Mai and Del | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

In Scene Eight of 'Leave Taking', where does Mai tell Del that, when you are doing an obeah reading, you can find everything you need to know?

• their palms

• the cards

• their soul

• their words

• their eyes

Answer explanation

Mai tells Del this and so, when the play ends with Del looking into Enid's eyes, we know she has taken Mai's advice on board.

In Scene Eight of 'Leave Taking', the stage directions describe Del "like a ___ learning to read" whilst reading Mai's palm.

Answer explanation

This stage direction speaks to the relationship between Mai and Del, suggestive of both parent-child, but also teacher-student.

In Scene Eight of 'Leave Taking', Mai tells Del "They [people] have to ___ in their own healing."

Answer explanation

Mai speaks to the idea that healing is a hard process, a long process, but also a worthwhile process.

In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock says of Del and Viv as having "no direct connection with the culture she [Mai] represents". What does Pinnock mean by this?

• As first generation immigrants, they have a limited relationship with Jamaica.

• As second generation immigrants, they have a limited relationship with Jamaica.

• Neither of them are ever interested in Jamaica.

• They are not related to Mai and so can't understand her.

Answer explanation

Pinnock says that none of the theatre she was seeing at the time explored what she calls "this new breed of black British women" and 'Leave Taking' is partly a response to this gap.

In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock argues that Mai "comes to have a ___ influence on them all".

Answer explanation

Unlike Brod, Mai hasn't known the family for years, but she manages to understand them very quickly and offer them the support they need.

In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock describes Mai as an "___ figure".

Answer explanation

Although Mai is in many ways mysterious, we come to learn more about her over the course of the play, especially via her relationship with Del.