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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 trip does the narrator foreshadow at the end of chapter 11?
(a) A trip to London.
(b) A trip to Hailsham.
(c) A trip to Norfolk.
(d) A trip to Dover.

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

3. Who calls Tommy an idiot in chapter 1 for not seeing that the boys are going to ignore him while picking players for the sports team?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ruth.

4. What does the narrator reveal in chapter 10 her topic was for her writing assignment when she first arrived at the Cottages?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Clone rights.
(c) Modern American novels.
(d) Victorian novels.

5. What happened in chapter 6 to the tape the narrator hid in her dorm room that contained her favorite song?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) It was lost.
(c) It was garbled in the tape machine.
(d) It was broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the narrator often hold while listening to her favorite song, Never Let Me Go?

2. In chapter 10, the narrator describes a fear of doing what once they arrived at the Cottages?

3. What did Kathy see Miss Lucy doing in a quiet classroom at the beginning of chapter 8?

4. What does the term completion mean when applied to a donor?

5. Why did the students feel Madame was different, odd?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter 10, what does Ruth accuse Kathy of being jealous of?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Kathy, in chapter 11, sneak away to take a look at some of the pornographic material she has found in the caretaker's confiscated collection?

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

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