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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. How many others from their class does the narrator say came to the Cottages in chapter 10?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

2. What was the secret guards evidence against the conspirators?
(a) Witnessed conversations.
(b) Written confessions.
(c) Drawings of crime scenes.
(d) Pictures of strangers.

3. What would the narrator often hold while listening to her favorite song, Never Let Me Go?
(a) A baby doll.
(b) A curling iron.
(c) A hairbrush.
(d) A pillow.

4. What does Miss Lucy tell the students in chapter 7 they are destined to do?
(a) Donate their bodies to scientific experimentation.
(b) Become doctors and lawyers.
(c) Donate their vital organs.
(d) Live to be very old.

5. What excuse did Miss Emily give for the lack of tokens offered in exchange for the art Madame took away?
(a) That they should be given the tokens, but she did not have extras.
(b) That they should just be happy to have a roof over their heads.
(c) That they should ask someone else.
(d) That it was a great honor to have their art chosen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator suggest Ruby was correct in accusing her of making no friends outside of Hailsham alum?

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

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

4. In whose room does Tommy admit in chapter 11 that he saw the narrator looking at similar magazines as the ones he finds her looking at in the boiler room in chapter 11?

5. What rumors abound at Hailsham about students who wander into the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. How does Miss Lucy react when she overhears the students at Hailsham discussing their futures in chapter 7?

7. What is one of the responsibilities of the caretaker at the Cottages, as Kathy describes in chapter 11?

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

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

10. 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?

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