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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 is Songs After Dark?

2. What difference did the narrator begin to note in Tommy during their Senior 2 year, as described in chapter 2?

3. What is the Lost Corner?

4. What warning does Miss Emily offer the students in chapter 7 about having sex with people in the outside world?

5. What does the narrator tell the reader in chapter 2 was required of the students at Hailsham once a week?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Who tells the students that there is something about Madame and their artwork that they are not being told?

5. Why does Kathy, in chapter 11, sneak away to take a look at some of the pornographic material she has found in the caretaker's confiscated collection?

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

7. As the students at Hailsham grow older, what becomes the main subjects of discussion?

8. What was the purpose of the secret guard? Who ran it?

9. What is one of the responsibilities of the caretaker at the Cottages, as Kathy describes in chapter 11?

10. In chapter 8, what does Kathy see Miss Lucy doing that makes her think the woman is sinister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in detail, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Symbolism

2) Metaphor

3) Theme.

Essay Topic 2

What does Tommy tell Kathy that Miss Lucy talked to him about that helped him curb his anger? Why did this help Tommy curb his anger? What is the relationship between Tommy and Kathy? Why does Tommy often make Kathy his confidant? How does Tommy react when Kathy tries to help him get close to Ruth? What is foreshadowed about this relationship while Tommy and Kathy are still at Hailsham?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following relationships in an essay:

1) Ruth and Kathy

2) Kathy and Tommy

3) Tommy and Ruth.

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