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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 does the narrator say the trip to Norfolk was nearly called off at the beginning of chapter 13?
(a) Rodney wrecked the car.
(b) Rodney ran out of money to rent a car.
(c) Rodney lost the first car he arranged for.
(d) Rodney failed to secure a car.

2. What concern has Tommy admitted to the narrator he has for the creatures in his drawings?
(a) How they will be kept safe.
(b) How they can reach and fetch things.
(c) How they might catch food.
(d) How they will keep warm.

3. How much older than the clone is suspected a possible would be as described in chapter 12?
(a) As much as ninety years.
(b) Twenty to thirty years.
(c) Forty to fifty years.
(d) Five to ten years.

4. In chapter 14, why does Chrissie say she and Rodney like to buy birthday cards in bulk?
(a) They are cheap and are always on hand.
(b) They are a cheap alternative to construction paper.
(c) They like to use them as postcards.
(d) They like the art on them.

5. To where does Ruth and her friends follow the possible from the office in chapter 14?
(a) A dog park.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A gallery.
(d) A gym.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Black Barn?

2. Why does the narrator refuse to go visit Martin while in Norfolk?

3. In chapter 14, what causes Rodney's group to run away from the office?

4. What is a deferral?

5. Who appears out of the darkness of the room at the end of chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In chapter 16, Ruth becomes annoyed with Kathy and forces her to say that she thinks Tommy's drawings are childish, something Ruth later tells Tommy. What causes this change in Ruth's feelings toward Kathy and Tommy?

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

8. What does Kathy decide not to tell Ruth at the end of chapter 15?

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

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

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