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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. Why did the students feel Madame was different, odd?
(a) She interacted with the kids more than others.
(b) She enjoyed the art that others thought was poorly made.
(c) She never allowed the children to come near her.
(d) She avoided the guardians.

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

3. 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 bodies and provide organs easily.
(c) They could unzip their clothing and show off their internal organs.
(d) They could unzip their spines and remove their skeletons.

4. 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.

5. What work of art did Tommy create as a joke that began his torment from other students, as described in chapter 2?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A lion.
(c) A palace.
(d) A cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Songs After Dark?

2. What are the ages of the Junior classes at Hailsham?

3. What difference did the narrator begin to note in Tommy during their Senior 2 year, as described in chapter 2?

4. Why do Peter and Gordon say they want to go to America in chapter 7?

5. Who was often blamed, as mentioned in chapter 11, for all the pornographic magazines discovered at the Cottages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the secret guard? Who ran it?

2. What often causes Tommy, as a child, to have a fit of temper?

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

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

5. What does Kathy imagine the song, "Never Let Me Go", is about?

6. Where does Ruth tell everyone she got a pencil case she shows off in chapter 5? Where does Kathy suspect she really got the case?

7. How does Kathy think Madame feels about the students at Hailsham? What does she do about it?

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

9. In chapter 8, what does Kathy see Miss Lucy doing that makes her think the woman is sinister?

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

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