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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Laura's.
(b) Harry's.
(c) Charley's.
(d) Claire's.

2. How old is the narrating character?
(a) Fifty-one.
(b) Forty-one.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. Who does Ruth want to know if the narrator likes at the end of chapter 4?
(a) Miss Emily.
(b) Miss Lucy.
(c) Miss Jody.
(d) Miss Geraldine.

4. Who is Miss Geraldine?
(a) A teacher at the Cottages.
(b) A carer in Kathy's clinic.
(c) A guardian at Hailsham who is everyone's favorite.
(d) A donor at the clinic where Kathy works.

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

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

7. What are Sales?
(a) A class that teaches economics at Hailsham.
(b) A student run market at Hailsham.
(c) A store at Hailsham to reward students for good behavior.
(d) A merchant van that came to Hailsham once a month.

8. Who was often blamed, as mentioned in chapter 11, for all the pornographic magazines discovered at the Cottages?
(a) Ruby and Tommy.
(b) The caretaker.
(c) A boy named Steve.
(d) The owner's son.

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

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

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

12. Where at Hailsham, as the narrator describes in chapter 2, was the best place to have a private talk?
(a) The dorm bathrooms.
(b) The music room.
(c) The art room.
(d) The lunch queue.

13. What is the name of the narrating character?
(a) Ruth S.
(b) Kathy H.
(c) Horace G.
(d) Mitchell F.

14. How does Kathy find herself on Ruth's good books at the end of part one?
(a) By stealing a forbidden tape of music.
(b) By getting Tommy to work his art again.
(c) By stealing a pencil case from Miss Geraldine.
(d) By getting Ruth and Tommy back together.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a guardian?

2. In what room was the art displayed for Madame?

3. What does the narrator mentioned she often used for blankets in chapter 11?

4. What does the narrator say the students used their tokens on?

5. What is the Lost Corner?

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