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

2. What is Bramble, as described in chapter 4?
(a) A donkey.
(b) An imaginary horse.
(c) A dog.
(d) An imaginary cow.

3. What would the narrator often hold while listening to her favorite song, Never Let Me Go?
(a) A curling iron.
(b) A baby doll.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A hairbrush.

4. What was the Cottages before it became a halfway house for clones?
(a) A private school.
(b) A health spa.
(c) A farm.
(d) A resort.

5. How old was the narrator when she first recalls making friends with Ruth?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven going on eight.
(c) Six going on seven.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the woods?

3. What is the name of the narrating character?

4. Who admits to the students that she has indulged in the forbidden vice in chapter 6?

5. What excuse did Miss Emily give for the lack of tokens offered in exchange for the art Madame took away?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the students at Hailsham grow older, what becomes the main subjects of discussion?

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

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

4. What does Tommy tell Kathy that Miss Lucy told him that helped him to stop having so many fits of temper in chapter 3?

5. Where do Tommy, Ruth, and Kathy go after leaving Hailsham when they are sixteen?

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

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

8. Upon first meeting Ruth, as described in chapter 4, what do Ruth and Kathy do together?

9. In chapter 6, how does Kathy keep another girl from learning the truth about Ruth's pencil case?

10. How does Kathy know Tommy and Ruth when she requests to become their carer?

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