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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rumors abound at Hailsham about students who wander into the woods?
(a) They are forced to do extra homework.
(b) They are forced to add to the mural on the wall.
(c) They are murdered.
(d) They are made to volunteer to cook lunch.

3. What does Laura teach the narrator in chapter 7 in order to discourage boys?
(a) A disgusting way of blowing her nose.
(b) A disgusting way of drinking tea.
(c) A disgusting way of speaking.
(d) A disgusting way of eating her dessert.

4. How long does the narrator recall the secret guard lasting?
(a) Nine months to a year.
(b) The lifetime of Hailsham.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Three to five years.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the students at Hailsham love the sports pavilion?

2. What joke do the children at Hailsham make when discussing the electrified fences that often circled the concentration camps during World War II?

3. What is a guardian?

4. Why did the students feel Madame was different, odd?

5. What is Bramble, as described in chapter 4?

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