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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 things in Tommy's behavior does the narrator believe she missed as signs of something that has taken place in chapter 8?
(a) He becomes distracted and angry again.
(b) He breaks off their friendship.
(c) He begins dating many other girls.
(d) He begins fighting with the other boys.

2. What does Tommy tell the narrator that he thinks Miss Lucy feels the students are not being taught properly?
(a) About art.
(b) About their future careers.
(c) About donations.
(d) About their work as carers.

3. Whose behavior does the narrator accuse Ruth of copying at the end of chapter 10?
(a) Charles and Diana.
(b) Rodney and Chrissie.
(c) Johnny and Laura.
(d) Harry and Cynthia.

4. What is Dave's stump?
(a) A tree stump in the yard nicknamed Dave after the owner's son.
(b) A tree stump where a boy named Dave is rumored to have died.
(c) A tree stump at where a boy named Dave often cut wood for the fireplaces.
(d) A tree stump where a boy named Dave often sat to read or write.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the secret guard ended did Ruth appear in class with a pencil case?

2. Where at Hailsham, as the narrator describes in chapter 2, was the best place to have a private talk?

3. Why is the narrator reluctant to sit beside Tommy in chapter 3 when they meet at the pond?

4. Who is Miss Geraldine?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Who sees Kathy dancing to her favorite song, "Never Let Me Go", in chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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