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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 refuse to go visit Martin while in Norfolk?
(a) It is against the rules to visit donors.
(b) It is against the rules to see people who have left the Cottages.
(c) It is against the rules to socialize with other clones outside of approved areas.
(d) It is against the rules to visit a carer.

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

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

4. In chapter 16, who does Ruth think will be Tommy's next girlfriend when she breaks up with him?
(a) Laura.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Moira.
(d) Chrissie.

5. Who tells Chrissie and Rodney that the students at Hailsham were told about deferrals in chapter 13?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Laura.
(d) Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 13, why does Ruby become irate when Kathy suggests they switch seats?

2. What does Madame keep repeating as Tommy and Kathy speak to her in chapter 21?

3. In chapter 16, why does the narrator think she and her companions did not talk about their trip to Norfolk?

4. What is a deferral?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 17, what changes does Kathy note about the Cottages after her rift with Ruth and Tommy?

2. 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?

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

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

5. In chapter 18, how does Kathy become Ruth's carer? How does Ruth react to this?

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

7. In chapter 18, how does Kathy learn that Ruth has begun her donations?

8. In chapter 20, who does Kathy find at the address Ruth gave to Tommy for him to seek a deferral?

9. In chapter 12, what fantasy does Ruth develop after learning where her possible works?

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

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