160 Listen and recall

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• The woman with white hair is drinking sherry
• We understand from George that Carrie is a a writer, a dancer, a singer
• According to the woman, the work of writers from the middle classes are of no real value, from the upper-classes are of no real value, who have suffered greatly are of no real value
• Carrie has met the woman once before at a bookshop in Castlebury. False, True
• Carrie had asked the woman to sign a book for her mother
• Carrie's mother is dead. True, False
• Bunny remembers that Carrie was wearing ribbons. yellow ribbons.
• Carrie thinks the sherry she's drinking tastes like cough medicine
• From the text we gather that Carrie is pretty, a movie star, amusing
• Something Carrie says makes Bunny laugh, cry, become sarcastic
• Bunny gives Carrie a signed copy of her latest book. False, True
• According to George's aunt if you want to be a great writer then you shouldn't have any children
• On the way home, George buys Carrie a journal
• According to the author of The Writer's Life, you shouldn't write about who you know. Instead you should write about what you know about human nature

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