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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Cottages before it became a halfway house for clones?

2. What are tokens?

3. Who does Ruth want to know if the narrator likes at the end of chapter 4?

4. What does the narrator reveal in chapter 10 her topic was for her writing assignment when she first arrived at the Cottages?

5. What is the Lost Corner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kathy notice about the behavior of the older residents at the Cottages?

2. What does Kathy do to prepare in chapter 8 for what she believes will be her first sexual experience?

3. What does Kathy imagine the song, "Never Let Me Go", is about?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Tommy tell Kathy that Miss Lucy told him that helped him to stop having so many fits of temper in chapter 3?

7. In chapter 10, what does Ruth accuse Kathy of being jealous of?

8. What often causes Tommy, as a child, to have a fit of temper?

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

10. What is stolen from Kathy's room in chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are Ruth and Tommy? How did Kathy know them in her past? How does she learn that Ruth has become a donor? Why does Kathy request to become Ruth's carer? What does Kathy tell the reader about her first meeting with Ruth? How was Ruth somewhat odd? Why did Ruth feel the need to protect Miss Geraldine? Was there a real danger toward Miss Geraldine? How did Kathy help Ruth keep up the illusion of a special relationship between she and Miss Geraldine? How did Ruth repay this kindness?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Ruth become obsessed with her possible that Rodney and Chrissie believe they saw in Norfolk? What does Ruth hope to see or learn from this woman? How does Ruth respond to the realization that this woman is more than likely not her possible? What does Ruth's overall interest in this woman say about who she is, what her purpose is, and how she feels about this aspect of her life?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Kathy and Tommy eventually seek out Madame? What do they learn from Madame? How did Tommy seem to know the truth about his life? What does Miss Emily say about Tommy's fits of anger and what those implied about his knowledge of his future? Why do Kathy and Tommy not attempt to run away? Why does Tommy seem accepting of his future? Is Kathy as accepting of her own future?

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