Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 13 May 2024 – Morning
GCSE English Literature
J352/01 Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Time allowed: 2 hours
* 9 9 3 6 6 2 3 2 2 2 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
Do not use:
• copies of the text
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• All the questions in Section A have two parts, (a) and (b). Answer both parts of the
question on the text you have studied.
• Answer one question on the text you have studied in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 24 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Contents Page
Section A – Modern prose or drama Question Page
Anita and Me by Meera Syal 1 4
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2 6
Animal Farm by George Orwell 3 8
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley 4 10
Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock 5 12
DNA by Dennis Kelly 6 14
Section B – 19th century prose Questions Page
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 7/8 16
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 9/10 17
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 11/12 18
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert
13/14 19
Louis Stevenson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 15/16 20
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 17/18 21–22
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Section A – Modern prose or drama
Answer one question from this section.
1 Anita and Me by Meera Syal and Waterland by Graham Swift
Read the two extracts below and then answer both part (a) and part (b).
You should spend about 45 minutes on part (a) and 30 minutes on part (b).
For part (a), you should focus only on the extracts here rather than referring to the rest of your
studied text.
(a) Compare how these two extracts present characters’ feelings about the people they want to help
them. You should consider:
• the situations and experiences faced by the characters
• how the characters react to these situations and experiences
• how the writers’ use of language and techniques creates effects.
[20]
AND
(b) Explore another moment in Anita and Me where Meena memorably describes someone.
[20]
Extract 1 from: Anita and Me by Meera Syal
In this extract, Meena goes to the Big House to seek help for Tracey who has fallen in the pond.
I was already running, cracking my head on branches and snagging my bare arms on
brambles. Where was the path, who was nearest, phone the police somebody, which
was the way out, every moment on dry land is another one underwater, I Have An
Exam Tomorrow …
I reached the front door of the Big House, retching for breath, spasms gripping my 5
leg. There were no lights on but I put my finger on the doorbell and kept it there and
even if a woman with a warty chin and a broomstick opened it, I decided I would still
ask for help. A soft glow appeared somewhere behind the huge oak door, I could see
it approaching through the stained glass panel just above my head which depicted a
mine with a pithead behind which a red sun was rising. 10
‘Oo is it?’ A witch’s voice, strangely accented and croaky.
‘Please! Please, a girl’s fallen into the pond! Please help!’
There was a fumbling, then a series of about ten different locks being unbolted and
eased back stiffly, then a pause and the witch’s voice demanded, ‘Oo are you?’
‘Meena … Meena Kumar! I live …’ 15
I could not speak any more, but the last bolt slid from its casing and an apparition
appeared – a tiny woman who barely reached my shoulders was holding an
old-fashioned oil lamp in her delicate hand. She looked eternal rather than old,
carefully styled blue hair, spots of rouge on the still prominent cheekbones, a dainty
mouth which bled pearly pink lipstick and those eyebrows, not her real ones, they had 20
obviously been shaved off years ago, but two heavily drawn lines which swooped right
up to her hairline like two ironic question marks. ‘Ah, Mee-naa.’ She sang it rather than
said it. ‘You live in the corner house, is it not? ‘ow is your leg, better?’
© OCR 2024 J352/01 Jun24
Monday 13 May 2024 – Morning
GCSE English Literature
J352/01 Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Time allowed: 2 hours
* 9 9 3 6 6 2 3 2 2 2 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
Do not use:
• copies of the text
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• All the questions in Section A have two parts, (a) and (b). Answer both parts of the
question on the text you have studied.
• Answer one question on the text you have studied in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 24 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2024 [601/4872/X] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (LK) 326278/9 Turn over
, 2
BLANK PAGE
© OCR 2024 J352/01 Jun24
, 3
Contents Page
Section A – Modern prose or drama Question Page
Anita and Me by Meera Syal 1 4
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2 6
Animal Farm by George Orwell 3 8
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley 4 10
Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock 5 12
DNA by Dennis Kelly 6 14
Section B – 19th century prose Questions Page
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 7/8 16
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 9/10 17
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 11/12 18
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert
13/14 19
Louis Stevenson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 15/16 20
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 17/18 21–22
© OCR 2024 J352/01 Jun24 Turn over
, 4
Section A – Modern prose or drama
Answer one question from this section.
1 Anita and Me by Meera Syal and Waterland by Graham Swift
Read the two extracts below and then answer both part (a) and part (b).
You should spend about 45 minutes on part (a) and 30 minutes on part (b).
For part (a), you should focus only on the extracts here rather than referring to the rest of your
studied text.
(a) Compare how these two extracts present characters’ feelings about the people they want to help
them. You should consider:
• the situations and experiences faced by the characters
• how the characters react to these situations and experiences
• how the writers’ use of language and techniques creates effects.
[20]
AND
(b) Explore another moment in Anita and Me where Meena memorably describes someone.
[20]
Extract 1 from: Anita and Me by Meera Syal
In this extract, Meena goes to the Big House to seek help for Tracey who has fallen in the pond.
I was already running, cracking my head on branches and snagging my bare arms on
brambles. Where was the path, who was nearest, phone the police somebody, which
was the way out, every moment on dry land is another one underwater, I Have An
Exam Tomorrow …
I reached the front door of the Big House, retching for breath, spasms gripping my 5
leg. There were no lights on but I put my finger on the doorbell and kept it there and
even if a woman with a warty chin and a broomstick opened it, I decided I would still
ask for help. A soft glow appeared somewhere behind the huge oak door, I could see
it approaching through the stained glass panel just above my head which depicted a
mine with a pithead behind which a red sun was rising. 10
‘Oo is it?’ A witch’s voice, strangely accented and croaky.
‘Please! Please, a girl’s fallen into the pond! Please help!’
There was a fumbling, then a series of about ten different locks being unbolted and
eased back stiffly, then a pause and the witch’s voice demanded, ‘Oo are you?’
‘Meena … Meena Kumar! I live …’ 15
I could not speak any more, but the last bolt slid from its casing and an apparition
appeared – a tiny woman who barely reached my shoulders was holding an
old-fashioned oil lamp in her delicate hand. She looked eternal rather than old,
carefully styled blue hair, spots of rouge on the still prominent cheekbones, a dainty
mouth which bled pearly pink lipstick and those eyebrows, not her real ones, they had 20
obviously been shaved off years ago, but two heavily drawn lines which swooped right
up to her hairline like two ironic question marks. ‘Ah, Mee-naa.’ She sang it rather than
said it. ‘You live in the corner house, is it not? ‘ow is your leg, better?’
© OCR 2024 J352/01 Jun24
