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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. Who plots to prove Madame's fear of the students at Hailsham?
2. Who is Miss Geraldine?
3. What is the Lost Corner?
4. What are tokens?
5. Why did the narrator believe Ruth to be a good chess player?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tommy reveal to Kathy in chapter 9 that Miss Lucy has told him, causing him to once again begin having fits of temper again as well as ending his relationship with Ruth?
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. What is one of the responsibilities of the caretaker at the Cottages, as Kathy describes in chapter 11?
5. What do Ruth and Kathy discuss about the art exchanges that often took place during their time at Hailsham?
6. Upon first meeting Ruth, as described in chapter 4, what do Ruth and Kathy do together?
7. As the students at Hailsham grow older, what becomes the main subjects of discussion?
8. What does Kathy do for a living? What privileges has she been given as a result of being good at her job?
9. What was an important aspect of education at Hailsham?
10. How does Kathy think Madame feels about the students at Hailsham? What does she do about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss point of view. What point of view is used in this novel? How does this point of view impact the overall tone and feel of the book? How might the novel be different if it had been narrated by Ruth or Tommy or Miss Lucy? How might the novel be different if the author had used a third person point of view?
Essay Topic 2
Ruth and Kathy have a falling out after returning from Norfolk. What causes Ruth to become unhappy with Kathy? How does she react to this object? Why does she get Kathy to say that she thinks Tommy's drawings are childish and amateurish? Does Kathy really believe this? Why does Ruth tell Tommy this? What happens after this episode? How does Kathy find herself separated from her friends?
Essay Topic 3
At Halisham, the students appear to take on different aspects of behavior as they become involved with different groups of students. Later, Kathy notes that many of the residents of the Cottage appear to take clues about behavior from television. Is this normal behavior? Why do the students seem to learn behavior from outside influences rather than instinctively from their own personalities? How do these early hints at Hailsham suggest something special about these students?
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