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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Tommy an idiot in chapter 1 for not seeing that the boys are going to ignore him while picking players for the sports team?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Laura.
(d) Kathy.

2. Who makes fun of Tommy's expressions as he warms up on the sports field with the other boys in chapter 1?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Laura.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Beth.

3. What vice is strongly discouraged at Hailsham?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Premarital sex.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Overeating.

4. 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.

5. What does Tommy tell the narrator that he thinks Miss Lucy feels the students are not being taught properly?
(a) About their work as carers.
(b) About donations.
(c) About art.
(d) About their future careers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Songs After Dark?

2. What were the students at Hailsham allowed to wear on weekends, but not during the week?

3. Where did the narrator and Tommy often meet in secrecy during their years at Hailsham?

4. How long after the secret guard ended did Ruth appear in class with a pencil case?

5. What work of art did Tommy create as a joke that began his torment from other students, as described in chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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