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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Kathy see Miss Lucy doing in a quiet classroom at the beginning of chapter 8?
(a) Encouraging Tommy to create more art.
(b) Blacking out lines on unknown papers.
(c) Creating a new type of art.
(d) Scribbling over students' homework.

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

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

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

6. Who is Judy Bridgewater?
(a) A carer.
(b) A singer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A doctor.

7. What does the narrator tell the reader unzipping meant to the students at Hailsham in chapter 7?
(a) They could unzip their heads and reveal their intelligence.
(b) They could unzip their spines and remove their skeletons.
(c) They could unzip their bodies and provide organs easily.
(d) They could unzip their clothing and show off their internal organs.

8. In chapter 10, the narrator describes a fear of doing what once they arrived at the Cottages?
(a) Judging their own proper behaviors.
(b) Traveling outside of the immediate grounds.
(c) Trusting the guardians.
(d) Socializing with outsiders.

9. 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 fighting with the other boys.
(b) He begins dating many other girls.
(c) He breaks off their friendship.
(d) He becomes distracted and angry again.

10. When does the narrator hope she might be able to have more time to listen to her favorite music tape?
(a) When she retires from her bookkeeping job.
(b) When she stops being a carer.
(c) When she leave college.
(d) When she settles down to have a family.

11. Who is Keffers?
(a) A teacher at the Cottages.
(b) The caretaker at the Cottages.
(c) The owner of the Cottages.
(d) The neighbor of the Cottages.

12. What was the secret guards evidence against the conspirators?
(a) Witnessed conversations.
(b) Written confessions.
(c) Drawings of crime scenes.
(d) Pictures of strangers.

13. What is the narrator doing as she recalls these events from her past, as a student at Hailsham?
(a) Talking to a friend.
(b) Driving.
(c) Preparing a funeral.
(d) Visiting a donor.

14. What is the secret guard?
(a) The owners of Hailsham.
(b) The security at Hailsham.
(c) A group of students who plan military careers.
(d) A group of girls at Hailsham under Ruth who protect Miss Geraldine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as a piece of art she bought at an Exchange in chapter 8?

2. What book is the narrator reading in chapter 10 that Ruth rudely begins to describe the plot of to her?

3. What joke do the children at Hailsham make when discussing the electrified fences that often circled the concentration camps during World War II?

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

5. Who is Miss Geraldine?

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