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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 chapter 16, how does the narrator make her intention to become a carer immediately known?
(a) She asks Rodney for help.
(b) She tells Ruth.
(c) She asks the guardians if she can start early.
(d) She tells Keffers.

2. Who claims to not recall learning about deferrals at Hailsham in chapter 13?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Laura.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Kathy.

3. Why does there seem to be a different set of rules for the clones from Hailsham as compared to the clones from other backgrounds?
(a) The Hailsham students are better educated.
(b) The Hailsham students have more money.
(c) The Hailsham students have more supportive parents.
(d) The Hailsham students were raised with more compassion.

4. In chapter 16, from whom does the narrator keep her distance in her final weeks there?
(a) Laura and Harry.
(b) Tommy and Ruth.
(c) Claire and Charlie.
(d) Rodney and Chrissie.

5. In chapter 16, what do Kathy and Ruth make fun of at Tommy's expense?
(a) His romantic side.
(b) His appearance.
(c) His drawings.
(d) His behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 15, what does Tommy tell Kathy that he heard Miss Emily said about the artwork Madame took from the school?

2. What lie has Ruth told Chrissie that Tommy nearly blows for her in chapter 13?

3. In chapter 15, why does Kathy delay showing Tommy she has found the Judy Bridgewater tape?

4. In chapter 16, why does the narrator feel she must apologize to Ruth?

5. In chapter 15, who is first to find the Judy Bridgewater tape?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 21, who are Kathy and Tommy shocked to discover Madame is living with?

2. In chapter 19, what causes Ruth to become angry with Kathy as she, Kathy, and Tommy visit an abandoned boat?

3. At the end of chapter 17, how does Kathy actively change her situation?

4. In chapter 13, what excuse does Ruth give to Rodney and Chrissie for Tommy's refusal to agree that there is a deferment program for lovers?

5. In chapter 12, why do Rodney and Chrissie invite Ruth to go on a trip to Norfolk with them? Who else will be going?

6. In chapter 13, Rodney and Chrissie ask Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy about what type of deferment?

7. In chapter 21, what does Tommy tell Madame he has come to her to ask for?

8. What has Tommy begun to draw after the trip to Norfolk? What does Kathy initially think of these drawings?

9. How does Ruth react to the sight of her possible? How does she, and the others, come to believe this woman could not be her possible?

10. What warning does Ruth offer to Kathy in chapter 17 should she ever want to pursue a relationship with Tommy?

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