plumiThe Woman in Black: Edexcel GCSE English Literature questions
Every Edexcel GCSE English Literature exam question on The Woman in Black, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 18 questions on The Woman in Black, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q25 (40 marks): It was a yellow fog, a filthy, evil-smelling fog, a fog that choked and blinded, smeared and stained. Groping their way blindly across roads, men and women took
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q26 (40 marks): ‘Love him, take care of him as your own. But he is mine, mine, he can never be yours. Oh, forgive me. I think my heart will break. J.’ In what ways is love impo
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q25 (40 marks): I had seen the ghost of Jennet Humfrye and she had had her revenge. (Kipps) In what ways are people affected by Jennet Humfrye’s revenge in the novel? You must
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q26 (40 marks): And above the whinnying and struggling of the pony, the child’s cry, that rose and rose to a scream of terror and was then slowly choked and drowned. Explore th
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q25 (40 marks): … her pent-up hatred and desire for revenge permeated the air all around. (Jennet Humfrye, the woman in black) How is obsession significant in the novel? You mu
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q26 (40 marks): I had a sudden vision of that row of small, solemn faces, with hands all gripping the railings, that surrounded the school yard. Explore the importance of child
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q25 (40 marks): ‘You can only cross the Causeway at low tide. That takes you onto Eel Marsh and the house.’ (Mr Bentley) In what ways are different locations important in The W
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q26 (40 marks): It would be easy to look back and to believe that all that day I had had a sense of foreboding about my journey to come ... Explain the significance of memories
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q25 (40 marks): ‘Jennet Humfrye gave up her child, the boy, to her sister, Alice Drablow, and Alice’s husband, because she’d no choice.’ (Mr Samuel Daily) Explore the importanc
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q26 (40 marks): ‘I’m here to attend a funeral – Mrs Drablow, of Eel Marsh House.’ (Kipps) How is Alice Drablow significant in The Woman in Black? You must refer to the context
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q21 (40 marks): ‘It was true that neither Mr Daily nor the landlord of the inn seemed anything but sturdy men of good commonsense.’ How are the residents of Crythin Gifford sig
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q22 (40 marks): For a moment I was as near to weeping tears of despair and fear, frustration and tension, as I had ever been since my childhood. Explore how danger is important
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q21 (40 marks): Many of the rooms had clearly not been much used or perhaps even entered for years. Explore the importance of Eel Marsh House in the novel. You must refer to th
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q22 (40 marks): How deeply and badly the whole experience had affected me, both in mind and body. In what ways is madness significant in The Woman in Black? You must refer to t
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q21 (40 marks): I was growing impatient of the half-hints and dark mutterings made by grown men at the mention of Mrs Drablow. In what ways is mystery created in The Woman in B
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q22 (40 marks): Isobel was only twenty-four years old but already the mother of three young sons, and set fair to produce more. How are mothers presented within the novel? You
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q21 (40 marks): It was she, the woman in black with the wasted face, the ghost of Jennet Humfrye. Explore the significance of Jennet Humfrye in The Woman in Black. You must ref
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q22 (40 marks): For a second, I simply stared in incredulity and astonishment, and then in cold fear. In what ways is fear important in the novel? You must refer to the context
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