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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who asks Tommy to get back into his art in chapter 9?
(a) Miss Lucy.
(b) Miss Emily.
(c) Laura.
(d) Kathy.

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

4. Whose behavior does the narrator accuse Ruth of copying at the end of chapter 10?
(a) Johnny and Laura.
(b) Harry and Cynthia.
(c) Rodney and Chrissie.
(d) Charles and Diana.

5. What writing assignment were the Hailsham students supposed to be working on during their two years at the Cottages?
(a) A thesis.
(b) A short story.
(c) A novel.
(d) An essay.

6. Who plots to prove Madame's fear of the students at Hailsham?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Laura.
(d) Amanda.

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

8. What does Miss Lucy tell the students in chapter 7 they are destined to do?
(a) Live to be very old.
(b) Become doctors and lawyers.
(c) Donate their vital organs.
(d) Donate their bodies to scientific experimentation.

9. What are tokens?
(a) Toys for small children at Hailsham.
(b) Rewards students are given for the artwork they supply to the exchanges.
(c) Coins used in video games.
(d) Gifts for good grades at Hailsham.

10. How long does narrator say Miss Geraldine told her Madame has been coming to their school?
(a) Only a few months.
(b) For twenty years.
(c) For several years.
(d) Since it opened.

11. What things in Tommy's behavior does the narrator believe she missed as signs of something that has taken place in chapter 8?
(a) He begins dating many other girls.
(b) He becomes distracted and angry again.
(c) He begins fighting with the other boys.
(d) He breaks off their friendship.

12. 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 going to classes.
(c) He stopped losing his temper.
(d) He stopped hanging out with his friends.

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

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

15. Why was often terribly cold in the farmhouse at the Cottages, as mentioned in chapter 10?
(a) The weather made it impossible to keep up with the temperatures.
(b) The house was impossible to heat due to its size.
(c) The caretaker rarely brought in enough heaters.
(d) The house was in poor repair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator suggest Ruby was correct in accusing her of making no friends outside of Hailsham alum?

2. How old is the narrating character?

3. At the end of chapter 4, what does Ruth accuse the narrator of doing all wrong?

4. What is Dave's stump?

5. Why did the students at Hailsham love the sports pavilion?

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