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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Peter and Gordon say they want to go to America in chapter 7?
(a) To become actors.
(b) To become millionaires.
(c) To be better educated.
(d) To become doctors.

2. What does the term completion mean when applied to a donor?
(a) He has too many illnesses to donate.
(b) He has given all his organs and placed in a nursing home.
(c) He has gotten too old to donate.
(d) He has died.

3. What work of art did Tommy create as a joke that began his torment from other students, as described in chapter 2?
(a) A palace.
(b) A lion.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) An elephant.

4. Where is the novel set?
(a) England.
(b) New York.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) France.

5. How does Kathy find herself on Ruth's good books at the end of part one?
(a) By stealing a pencil case from Miss Geraldine.
(b) By stealing a forbidden tape of music.
(c) By getting Tommy to work his art again.
(d) By getting Ruth and Tommy back together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the reader in chapter 2 was required of the students at Hailsham once a week?

2. Who admits to the students that she has indulged in the forbidden vice in chapter 6?

3. Who is Miss Lucy?

4. What is an exchange, as it is explained in chapter 2?

5. What warning does Miss Emily offer the students in chapter 7 about having sex with people in the outside world?

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