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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 happened in chapter 6 to the tape the narrator hid in her dorm room that contained her favorite song?
(a) It was lost.
(b) It was stolen.
(c) It was garbled in the tape machine.
(d) It was broken.

2. In chapter 11, what does the narrator define courses as?
(a) Training to be a nurse.
(b) Training to be a vet.
(c) Training to be a carer.
(d) Training to be a donor.

3. Who admits to the students that she has indulged in the forbidden vice in chapter 6?
(a) Miss Jody.
(b) Miss Emily.
(c) Miss Lucy.
(d) Miss Geraldine.

4. Why does the narrator suggest Ruby was correct in accusing her of making no friends outside of Hailsham alum?
(a) She struggled to make friends with the veterans.
(b) She knows now she should have tried harder to make friends.
(c) She criticized Ruby's friendships outside the Hailsham alum.
(d) She believes Ruby was only trying to help.

5. What is Dave's stump?
(a) A tree stump in the yard nicknamed Dave after the owner's son.
(b) A tree stump where a boy named Dave is rumored to have died.
(c) A tree stump where a boy named Dave often sat to read or write.
(d) A tree stump at where a boy named Dave often cut wood for the fireplaces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruth ask Kathy to ask Tommy to come back to her in chapter 9?

2. How old was the narrator when she first recalls making friends with Ruth?

3. What trip does the narrator foreshadow at the end of chapter 11?

4. What vice is strongly discouraged at Hailsham?

5. What does Tommy tell the narrator that he thinks Miss Lucy feels the students are not being taught properly?

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