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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. Why does the narrator suggest Ruby was correct in accusing her of making no friends outside of Hailsham alum?
(a) She believes Ruby was only trying to help.
(b) She criticized Ruby's friendships outside the Hailsham alum.
(c) She struggled to make friends with the veterans.
(d) She knows now she should have tried harder to make friends.

2. In chapter 10, the narrator describes a fear of doing what once they arrived at the Cottages?
(a) Socializing with outsiders.
(b) Trusting the guardians.
(c) Traveling outside of the immediate grounds.
(d) Judging their own proper behaviors.

3. Who decides to comfort Tommy at the end of chapter 1 during his temper tantrum?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Laura.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Kathy.

4. What does the term completion mean when applied to a donor?
(a) He has died.
(b) He has gotten too old to donate.
(c) He has given all his organs and placed in a nursing home.
(d) He has too many illnesses to donate.

5. What were the students at Hailsham allowed to wear on weekends, but not during the week?
(a) Make-up.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Team jerseys.
(d) Their own clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes does the narrator note about her relationship with Ruby in chapter 11?

2. Who plots to prove Madame's fear of the students at Hailsham?

3. What is the woods?

4. What does Laura teach the narrator in chapter 7 in order to discourage boys?

5. Why was the narrator kicked out of the secret guard?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Where does Ruth tell everyone she got a pencil case she shows off in chapter 5? Where does Kathy suspect she really got the case?

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

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

6. What does Kathy do to prepare in chapter 8 for what she believes will be her first sexual experience?

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

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

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

10. What are the students normally given for artwork 'sold' at Hailsham? Are they given these by Madame?

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