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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 15, what does Tommy suggest Madame does with the art from the Hailsham students?

2. In chapter 12, the narrator suggests that the clones believed they could learn what from meeting their possible?

3. In chapter 16, who does Ruth think will be Tommy's next girlfriend when she breaks up with him?

4. To where does Ruth and her friends follow the possible from the office in chapter 14?

5. What concern has Tommy admitted to the narrator he has for the creatures in his drawings?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 12, what fantasy does Ruth develop after learning where her possible works?

2. In chapter 20, who does Kathy find at the address Ruth gave to Tommy for him to seek a deferral?

3. At the end of chapter 17, how does Kathy actively change her situation?

4. Why does Kathy constantly allow Ruth to indulge her fantasies even when she knows she is wrong?

5. What warning does Ruth offer to Kathy in chapter 17 should she ever want to pursue a relationship with Tommy?

6. In chapter 13, Rodney and Chrissie ask Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy about what type of deferment?

7. How has Kathy's life changed in the year that has passed between chapters 19 and 20?

8. In chapter 21, what does Tommy tell Madame he has come to her to ask for?

9. What has Tommy begun to draw after the trip to Norfolk? What does Kathy initially think of these drawings?

10. What does Ruth admit to Kathy in chapter 19 that she believes should have happened in their past and that she actively attempted to prevent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is sex treated at Hailsham? How does Kathy respond to her own changing body and her physical desires? What relationship develops between Tommy and Ruth? Why does this relationship end temporarily when Miss Lucy tells Tommy that his art really was something important for him to concentrate on? How does Kathy respond to Tommy's revelation of Miss Lucy's changing advice? How do Tommy and Kathy respond when Miss Lucy suddenly leaves Hailsham? How do the other students react?

Essay Topic 2

Ruth and Kathy have a falling out after returning from Norfolk. What causes Ruth to become unhappy with Kathy? How does she react to this object? Why does she get Kathy to say that she thinks Tommy's drawings are childish and amateurish? Does Kathy really believe this? Why does Ruth tell Tommy this? What happens after this episode? How does Kathy find herself separated from her friends?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Kathy and Tommy eventually seek out Madame? What do they learn from Madame? How did Tommy seem to know the truth about his life? What does Miss Emily say about Tommy's fits of anger and what those implied about his knowledge of his future? Why do Kathy and Tommy not attempt to run away? Why does Tommy seem accepting of his future? Is Kathy as accepting of her own future?

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