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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, how does the narrator make her intention to become a carer immediately known?

2. Why does there seem to be a different set of rules for the clones from Hailsham as compared to the clones from other backgrounds?

3. In chapter 16, what do Kathy and Ruth make fun of at Tommy's expense?

4. To where does Ruth and her friends follow the possible from the office in chapter 14?

5. What kind of drawings does the narrator find Tommy making in chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 20, who does Kathy find at the address Ruth gave to Tommy for him to seek a deferral?

2. What does Tommy tell Kathy in chapter 15 that he believes are the purpose of the art they were encouraged to do at Hailsham?

3. What does Ruth admit to Kathy in chapter 19 that she believes should have happened in their past and that she actively attempted to prevent?

4. 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?

5. What warning does Ruth offer to Kathy in chapter 17 should she ever want to pursue a relationship with Tommy?

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

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

8. How has Kathy's life changed in the year that has passed between chapters 19 and 20?

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

10. What has Tommy begun to draw after the trip to Norfolk? What does Kathy initially think of these drawings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Kathy? What does she do for a living? What is meant by the term carer? What is a donor? How long has Kathy been working at this career? Why does she think she is better at it than others? Is she? Where did Kathy's donor, whom she is caring for at the beginning of the book, grow up? Where did Kathy grow up? How do the two locations compare? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How is sex treated at Hailsham? How does Kathy respond to her own changing body and her physical desires? What relationship develops between Tommy and Ruth? Why does this relationship end temporarily when Miss Lucy tells Tommy that his art really was something important for him to concentrate on? How does Kathy respond to Tommy's revelation of Miss Lucy's changing advice? How do Tommy and Kathy respond when Miss Lucy suddenly leaves Hailsham? How do the other students react?

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