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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Kansas City.
(d) Norfolk.

2. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Limited omniscient.
(d) Third person.

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

4. What difference did the narrator begin to note in Tommy during their Senior 2 year, as described in chapter 2?
(a) He stopped playing sports.
(b) He stopped losing his temper.
(c) He stopped hanging out with his friends.
(d) He stopped going to classes.

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

6. With whom has Tommy recently had a break up as described in chapter 8?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Moira.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Laura.

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

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

9. How old was the narrator when she first recalls making friends with Ruth?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven going on eight.
(d) Six going on seven.

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

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

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

13. What is the woods?
(a) A mural on the wall of Hailsham's cafeteria.
(b) A wooded area around Hailsham.
(c) A hall at Hailsham that is decorated with trees.
(d) A room where the students study horticulture.

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

15. What does the narrator reveal in chapter 10 her topic was for her writing assignment when she first arrived at the Cottages?
(a) Victorian novels.
(b) Clone rights.
(c) Modern American novels.
(d) Women's rights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Miss Geraldine?

3. Why was often terribly cold in the farmhouse at the Cottages, as mentioned in chapter 10?

4. What are Sales?

5. What is the secret guard?

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