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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 does the narrator tell the reader unzipping meant to the students at Hailsham in chapter 7?
(a) They could unzip their spines and remove their skeletons.
(b) They could unzip their clothing and show off their internal organs.
(c) They could unzip their heads and reveal their intelligence.
(d) They could unzip their bodies and provide organs easily.

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

3. What trip does the narrator foreshadow at the end of chapter 11?
(a) A trip to London.
(b) A trip to Norfolk.
(c) A trip to Hailsham.
(d) A trip to Dover.

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

5. What is Bramble, as described in chapter 4?
(a) An imaginary cow.
(b) A dog.
(c) A donkey.
(d) An imaginary horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who asks Tommy to get back into his art in chapter 9?

3. How many others from their class does the narrator say came to the Cottages in chapter 10?

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

5. Who was Moira B?

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