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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth give the narrator in chapter 6 to replace her lost tape?
(a) A new hand mirror.
(b) A new tape of ballroom dancing music.
(c) A baby doll.
(d) A few tokens.

2. Where did the donor in the narrator's third year grow up, causing her to recall her own childhood at Hailsham?
(a) Dover.
(b) Dorset.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Kansas City.

3. What is a Walkman?
(a) A portable cassette player.
(b) A radio.
(c) An early MP3 player.
(d) An alarm clock.

4. Why does Tommy suggest in chapter 23 that Ruth would not have wanted to know all the truths they learned from Miss Emily?
(a) She liked to believe in things.
(b) She would have fought her final donation.
(c) She would have been saddened by the truth.
(d) It would have forced her to face a reality she did not believe in.

5. In chapter 15, why does Tommy tell Kathy he wanted to find the Judy Bridgewater tape for her?
(a) He stole it in the first place.
(b) He knew Ruth stole it in the first place.
(c) He imagined it over and over when it first went missing.
(d) He saw the guardians take it from her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 16, who was the first of the Hailsham students to begin their carer training?

2. In chapter 15, why does Kathy delay showing Tommy she has found the Judy Bridgewater tape?

3. How does the narrator say Ruth responded to the possibility of not taking the trip to Norfolk in chapter 13?

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

5. What happened in chapter 6 to the tape the narrator hid in her dorm room that contained her favorite song?

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