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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 the beginning of chapter 18, the narrator tells the reader what is one of the most difficult parts of working as a carer?
(a) Losing a donor after the fifth donation.
(b) Losing a donor to cancer.
(c) Losing a donor to suicide.
(d) Losing a donor early in the donation cycle.

2. How does the narrator say Ruth responded to the possibility of not taking the trip to Norfolk in chapter 13?
(a) She was relieved.
(b) She was nonchalant.
(c) She became angry.
(d) She was depressed.

3. Where is the recovery center where Ruth is living during her donations?
(a) Littlehampshire.
(b) Dover.
(c) London.
(d) Norfolk.

4. What is the definition of a possible as described by the narrator in chapter 12?
(a) The parent of a clone.
(b) The normal person a clone is modeled after.
(c) The scientist who created a specific clone.
(d) The intended recipient of a clone's organs.

5. In chapter 15, why does Tommy tell Kathy he wanted to find the Judy Bridgewater tape for her?
(a) He imagined it over and over when it first went missing.
(b) He stole it in the first place.
(c) He knew Ruth stole it in the first place.
(d) He saw the guardians take it from her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern has Tommy admitted to the narrator he has for the creatures in his drawings?

2. In chapter 18, the narrator learns that Hailsham is to be turned into what?

3. What does Ruth want to do after being run off from the office where her possible works in chapter 14?

4. Who tells Chrissie and Rodney that the students at Hailsham were told about deferrals in chapter 13?

5. Why does there seem to be a different set of rules for the clones from Hailsham as compared to the clones from other backgrounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Kathy's life changed in the year that has passed between chapters 19 and 20?

3. In chapter 16, what does Kathy tell the reader she had thought she and Tommy might do after the trip to Norfolk, but never did?

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

5. In chapter 15, who does Rodney and Chrissie want to visit that Kathy refuses to see? For what reason?

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

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

8. In chapter 15, Tommy reveals to Kathy that he had been searching for what in Woolworth's?

9. What does Tommy tell Kathy in chapter 15 that he believes are the purpose of the art they were encouraged to do at Hailsham?

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

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