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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. What does Mr. Raynor call Bullivant?

2. What does Mr. Raynor see trundling along in a line?

3. What sound does Smith say his feet make on the hard soil?

4. What does Smith rob with his friend?

5. What kind of words does the smaller girl answer her sister in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Raynor think he is a good disciplinarian?

2. Why does Raynor want to punish Bullivant?

3. How is Smith caught with the money he steals from the butchers?

4. How does Ernest befriend the two girls?

5. How does Mr. Raynor remember the girl he regarded as physically perfect?

6. What is Ernest's routine?

7. What is the girls' family life like?

8. What does Harry think about Kathy's death?

9. What do the policemen tell Ernest at the end of the story?

10. What regrets does Mr. Raynor express at the end of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of mothers and fathers during the time periods represented in the book? How and why is the father shown in such a negative light?

Essay Topic 2

What do the stories say about life in northern England in pre-war Britain? How does northern England differ from southern England? What conflicts are there between the two areas and why?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the following phrase; a ghost of your former self; What does the phrase mean and to which stories does the phrase refer to? How does becong this person affect others more that it does the person?

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