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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the secret guard?
(a) A group of students who plan military careers.
(b) The owners of Hailsham.
(c) The security at Hailsham.
(d) A group of girls at Hailsham under Ruth who protect Miss Geraldine.

2. In chapter 14, what causes Rodney's group to run away from the office?
(a) A child stops and stares at them.
(b) A dog begins barking at them.
(c) One of the women waves to them.
(d) A cop tells them to move on.

3. At the end of chapter 15, how does Ruth go out of her way to show Tommy and Kathy she had known she had acted badly earlier?
(a) She refuses to speak with Chrissie and Rodney.
(b) She buys them dinner.
(c) She apologizes outright.
(d) She includes them in her jokes with Chrissie and Rodney.

4. What joke do the children at Hailsham make when discussing the electrified fences that often circled the concentration camps during World War II?
(a) That one could easily commit murder.
(b) That one could fry eggs quite easily.
(c) That one could suffer a large electric bill that way.
(d) That one could commit suicide easily.

5. Who is Keffers?
(a) The owner of the Cottages.
(b) A teacher at the Cottages.
(c) The neighbor of the Cottages.
(d) The caretaker at the Cottages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth give the narrator in chapter 6 to replace her lost tape?

2. How does Kathy find herself on Ruth's good books at the end of part one?

3. What book is the narrator reading in chapter 10 that Ruth rudely begins to describe the plot of to her?

4. What are tokens?

5. What did Kathy see Miss Lucy doing in a quiet classroom at the beginning of chapter 8?

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