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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. In what room was the art displayed for Madame?
(a) The art room.
(b) The lunch room.
(c) The billiards room.
(d) An empty dorm room.

2. When does the narrator hope she might be able to have more time to listen to her favorite music tape?
(a) When she retires from her bookkeeping job.
(b) When she stops being a carer.
(c) When she settles down to have a family.
(d) When she leave college.

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

4. What was the Cottages before it became a halfway house for clones?
(a) A farm.
(b) A resort.
(c) A health spa.
(d) A private school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Lucy tell the students in chapter 7 they are destined to do?

2. Who was Moira B?

3. What does the narrator tell the reader unzipping meant to the students at Hailsham in chapter 7?

4. How long does the narrator recall the secret guard lasting?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. In chapter 6, how does Kathy keep another girl from learning the truth about Ruth's pencil case?

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

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

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

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