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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. Where did the narrator and Tommy often meet in secrecy during their years at Hailsham?
(a) The sports pavilion.
(b) The woods.
(c) The art room.
(d) The pond.

2. What is the woods?
(a) A wooded area around Hailsham.
(b) A mural on the wall of Hailsham's cafeteria.
(c) A room where the students study horticulture.
(d) A hall at Hailsham that is decorated with trees.

3. What does the narrator tell the reader in chapter 2 was required of the students at Hailsham once a week?
(a) A drug screening.
(b) An IQ test.
(c) A medical exam.
(d) An art exam.

4. Who does the narrator continuously refer to as the veterans in chapter 10?
(a) Residents who were of middle age.
(b) Residents who lived there permanently.
(c) Residents who had been there a year or more.
(d) Residents who acted as guardians to the newcomers.

5. What does Laura teach the narrator in chapter 7 in order to discourage boys?
(a) A disgusting way of eating her dessert.
(b) A disgusting way of blowing her nose.
(c) A disgusting way of speaking.
(d) A disgusting way of drinking tea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What work of art did Tommy create as a joke that began his torment from other students, as described in chapter 2?

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

4. Who decides to comfort Tommy at the end of chapter 1 during his temper tantrum?

5. Who is Judy Bridgewater?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the students at Hailsham told they will never be able to do in chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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