2. In chapter 11, what does the narrator define courses as?
(a) Training to be a nurse.
(b) Training to be a carer.
(c) Training to be a vet.
(d) Training to be a donor.

3. When does the narrator hope she might be able to have more time to listen to her favorite music tape?
(a) When she leave college.
(b) When she stops being a carer.
(c) When she retires from her bookkeeping job.
(d) When she settles down to have a family.

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

5. In what room was the art displayed for Madame?
(a) The billiards room.
(b) The lunch room.
(c) The art room.
(d) An empty dorm room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the donor in the narrator's third year grow up, causing her to recall her own childhood at Hailsham?

3. What is the Lost Corner?

4. What does Miss Lucy tell the students in chapter 7 they are destined to do?

5. Who suggests that Kathy might be Tommy's next girlfriend in chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was an important aspect of education at Hailsham?

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

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

4. What does Kathy notice about the behavior of the older residents at the Cottages?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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