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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Chrissie and Rodney that the students at Hailsham were told about deferrals in chapter 13?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Laura.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Ruth.

2. What promise does the narrator make to Ruth after her second donation in chapter 19?
(a) That she will find Miss Geraldine for her.
(b) That she will bring Tommy back to her.
(c) That she will be Tommy's carer.
(d) That she will find Madame for her.

3. In chapter 15, what does Tommy tell Kathy that he heard Miss Emily said about the artwork Madame took from the school?
(a) It proved they were intelligent.
(b) It showed each student's future potential.
(c) It revealed their souls.
(d) It was to provide money for their futures.

4. In chapter 14, what are the office workers doing when Rodney points out Ruth's possible?
(a) Preparing to go home.
(b) Working at computers.
(c) Studying books.
(d) Eating lunch.

5. In chapter 14, what causes Rodney's group to run away from the office?
(a) One of the women waves to them.
(b) A cop tells them to move on.
(c) A child stops and stares at them.
(d) A dog begins barking at them.

6. In chapter 16, from whom does the narrator keep her distance in her final weeks there?
(a) Claire and Charlie.
(b) Tommy and Ruth.
(c) Laura and Harry.
(d) Rodney and Chrissie.

7. What is the definition of a possible as described by the narrator in chapter 12?
(a) The normal person a clone is modeled after.
(b) The intended recipient of a clone's organs.
(c) The scientist who created a specific clone.
(d) The parent of a clone.

8. What is a deferral?
(a) A refusal to submit to an event.
(b) A set of travel papers.
(c) A postponement of a payment or event.
(d) A set of citizen papers.

9. In chapter 16, what does the narrator suggest is bothering Tommy?
(a) Ruth's behavior toward him.
(b) Ruth's choice to end their relationship.
(c) Ruth's decision to become a carer.
(d) Ruth's inability to be friends with Kathy.

10. What is the one thing the narrator notices most about the drawings Tommy shows her in chapter 15?
(a) The originality.
(b) The details.
(c) The childishness of them.
(d) The oddness of them.

11. In the beginning of chapter 18, the narrator tells the reader what is one of the most difficult parts of working as a carer?
(a) Losing a donor to cancer.
(b) Losing a donor to suicide.
(c) Losing a donor after the fifth donation.
(d) Losing a donor early in the donation cycle.

12. What is the Goosehouse?
(a) An outhouse at the Cottages.
(b) A building for storing grain.
(c) A barn at the Cottages with a leaky roof.
(d) A barn filled with geese.

13. In chapter 13, who has been placed in charge of the spending money for the Norfolk trip?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Rodney.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Tommy.

14. In chapter 21, what do Tommy and Kathy try to convince Madame of?
(a) They are in danger.
(b) They are in desperate need of money.
(c) They are brilliant artists.
(d) They are in love.

15. In chapter 14, who does Ruth tell Chrissie she would need to contact if she wanted a deferral?
(a) Miss Emily.
(b) Hailsham.
(c) Madame.
(d) The owner of the Cottages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What billboard does the narrator point out in chapter 19 that she hopes will remind Tommy and Ruth of their trip to Norfolk?

2. Who appears out of the darkness of the room at the end of chapter 21?

3. How does the narrator say the trip to Norfolk was nearly called off at the beginning of chapter 13?

4. After which of Tommy's donations did Kathy become his carer in chapter 20?

5. In chapter 16, what route does Kathy say was out of bounds at Hailsham?

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