You are Zeena on the train home after having hired the girl to take Mattie's place. Write your thoughts.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2010). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [25] There is much scope for sheer nastiness here.
2. [25] This is the moment that Zeena has been waiting for.
3. [25] She has been watching the growing attraction of her husband to the flighty young miss that she thinks Mattie to be and she's determined to have no more of it.
4. [25] She has done her duty and no doubt in her usual whine she will congratulate herself on her godliness and use the fact that she has had a more serious diagnosis as a perfect excuse for throwing the girl out.
5. [25] She may even think a bit of vengeance against her husband to be her due.
6. [25] Reasonable reward should go to those who demonstrate some of the above but we should expect for more reward candidates to capture this woman's hard and unlovely tones.
7. [25] Refer to the band descriptors in arriving at your mark.