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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. In chapter 16, who was the first of the Hailsham students to begin their carer training?

2. Who first suggests, in chapter 18, that Tommy join Kathy and Ruby in their visit to the marooned boat?

3. In chapter 16, what does Ruth begin to forget?

4. In chapter 14, what are the office workers doing when Rodney points out Ruth's possible?

5. Who claims to not recall learning about deferrals at Hailsham in chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 13, Rodney and Chrissie ask Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy about what type of deferment?

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

3. In chapter 15, who does Rodney and Chrissie want to visit that Kathy refuses to see? For what reason?

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

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

6. In chapter 13, what excuse does Ruth give to Rodney and Chrissie for Tommy's refusal to agree that there is a deferment program for lovers?

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

8. In chapter 21, who are Kathy and Tommy shocked to discover Madame is living with?

9. In chapter 12, Rodney and Chrissie report seeing what person in Norfolk during a trip there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Cottages? Why do Ruth, Tommy and Kathy move there? What do the older residents at the Cottages teach these three? What social problems does Kathy have at the Cottages? What desires does she feel that causes her to feel different from those around her? How are Ruth and Tommy treated at the Cottages? Does this cause tension between Kathy and Ruth? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following relationships in an essay:

1) Ruth and Kathy

2) Kathy and Tommy

3) Tommy and Ruth.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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