When Will There Be Good News?: AQA A‑Level English Literature B questions
Every AQA A-Level English Literature B exam question on When Will There Be Good News?, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 6 questions on When Will There Be Good News?, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q04 (25 marks): When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson ‘Atkinson presents criminals as evil monsters who do not have motives for their crimes.’ To what extent do you agr
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q04 (25 marks): When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson ‘Crime is presented as comic rather than horrific in the novel.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remem
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q04 (25 marks): When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson ‘Louise is a successful hard-headed cop.’ To what extent do you agree with this view of Louise’s role in the novel
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q04 (25 marks): When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson ‘Atkinson’s novel suggests that the only way to achieve any form of justice is to take it into your own hands.’ To
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q04 (25 marks): When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson ‘Once you are a victim, you are always a victim.’ To what extent do you agree with this view of victims in the nov
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q04 (25 marks): When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson Louise says to Brodie, ‘You’re just a waster, basically.’ To what extent do you think Atkinson presents Brodie as
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