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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does the narrator recall the secret guard lasting?
(a) Nine months to a year.
(b) Three to five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) The lifetime of Hailsham.

3. Why did the students at Hailsham love the sports pavilion?
(a) It was filled with good smells.
(b) It was where they held their favorite classes.
(c) It represented their favorite activities.
(d) It reminded them of cottages in storybooks.

4. What changes does the narrator note about her relationship with Ruby in chapter 11?
(a) They fight constantly and hate one another.
(b) They are closer than ever.
(c) Nothing has changed.
(d) They fight more, but they share confidences more.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plots to prove Madame's fear of the students at Hailsham?

2. What is the secret guard?

3. What is the point of view of this novel?

4. Why was the narrator kicked out of the secret guard?

5. What does Tommy tell the narrator that he thinks Miss Lucy feels the students are not being taught properly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What change in attitude does Kathy remember noticing in Tommy during their days at Hailsham?

2. What is stolen from Kathy's room in chapter 6?

3. What does Kathy do for a living? What privileges has she been given as a result of being good at her job?

4. In chapter 11, who catches Kathy looking at pornographic material? How does an older Kathy recall this made her feel?

5. What does Tommy reveal to Kathy in chapter 9 that Miss Lucy has told him, causing him to once again begin having fits of temper again as well as ending his relationship with Ruth?

6. What is one of the responsibilities of the caretaker at the Cottages, as Kathy describes in chapter 11?

7. What are the students normally given for artwork 'sold' at Hailsham? Are they given these by Madame?

8. What else in chapter 3 does Tommy feel Miss Lucy wanted to tell him about himself and was not able to do so?

9. What does Kathy do to prepare in chapter 8 for what she believes will be her first sexual experience?

10. Who tells the students that there is something about Madame and their artwork that they are not being told?

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