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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 things in Tommy's behavior does the narrator believe she missed as signs of something that has taken place in chapter 8?
2. What is the point of view of this novel?
3. What excuse did Miss Emily give for the lack of tokens offered in exchange for the art Madame took away?
4. How old is the narrating character?
5. Where did the narrator and Tommy often meet in secrecy during their years at Hailsham?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the purpose of the secret guard? Who ran it?
2. What does Kathy imagine the song, "Never Let Me Go", is about?
3. In chapter 6, how does Kathy keep another girl from learning the truth about Ruth's pencil case?
4. What is one of the responsibilities of the caretaker at the Cottages, as Kathy describes in chapter 11?
5. 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?
6. What are the students at Hailsham told they will never be able to do in chapter 8?
7. What does Kathy do for a living? What privileges has she been given as a result of being good at her job?
8. How does Kathy think Madame feels about the students at Hailsham? What does she do about it?
9. What often causes Tommy, as a child, to have a fit of temper?
10. Upon first meeting Ruth, as described in chapter 4, what do Ruth and Kathy do together?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
What is human cloning? Is it a possibility? What purpose would human cloning serve, as represented in this novel? Would it be humane to treat clones as Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth were treated in this novel? What were the people at Hailsham attempting to prove about the clones? Did their experiment work? Why or why not?
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