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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the secret guard ended did Ruth appear in class with a pencil case?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

2. Why did the students feel Madame was different, odd?
(a) She interacted with the kids more than others.
(b) She avoided the guardians.
(c) She enjoyed the art that others thought was poorly made.
(d) She never allowed the children to come near her.

3. At the end of chapter 4, what does Ruth accuse the narrator of doing all wrong?
(a) Putting their toys away.
(b) Drawing a hopscotch grid on the sidewalk.
(c) Drawing pictures of horses.
(d) Putting her imaginary horses away.

4. 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 their future careers.
(c) About art.
(d) About donations.

5. What excuse did Miss Emily give for the lack of tokens offered in exchange for the art Madame took away?
(a) That they should just be happy to have a roof over their heads.
(b) That it was a great honor to have their art chosen.
(c) That they should ask someone else.
(d) That they should be given the tokens, but she did not have extras.

6. In chapter 11, what does the narrator define courses as?
(a) Training to be a vet.
(b) Training to be a carer.
(c) Training to be a donor.
(d) Training to be a nurse.

7. What are the ages of the Junior classes at Hailsham?
(a) Seven through eleven.
(b) Five through eight.
(c) Birth to twelve.
(d) Fifteen to seventeen.

8. What were the students at Hailsham allowed to wear on weekends, but not during the week?
(a) Make-up.
(b) Team jerseys.
(c) Their own clothing.
(d) Jewelry.

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

10. What joke do the children at Hailsham make when discussing the electrified fences that often circled the concentration camps during World War II?
(a) That one could commit suicide easily.
(b) That one could fry eggs quite easily.
(c) That one could suffer a large electric bill that way.
(d) That one could easily commit murder.

11. How many others from their class does the narrator say came to the Cottages in chapter 10?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

12. Why was the narrator kicked out of the secret guard?
(a) She allowed Miss Geraldine to be injured.
(b) She gave away guard secrets.
(c) She had a fight with Ruth.
(d) She did not collect her evidence properly.

13. Who did the narrator once see giving a speech to an imaginary classroom, as described in chapter 4?
(a) Miss Emily.
(b) Miss Lucy.
(c) Miss Geraldine.
(d) Miss Jody.

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

15. Who decides to comfort Tommy at the end of chapter 1 during his temper tantrum?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator reluctant to sit beside Tommy in chapter 3 when they meet at the pond?

2. What does Laura teach the narrator in chapter 7 in order to discourage boys?

3. What are Sales?

4. In whose room does Tommy admit in chapter 11 that he saw the narrator looking at similar magazines as the ones he finds her looking at in the boiler room in chapter 11?

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

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