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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 are dream futures, as the narrator describes in chapter 12?

2. In chapter 16, where does Ruth suggest she might one day like to take a trip to?

3. In chapter 13, why does Ruby become irate when Kathy suggests they switch seats?

4. Why do Rodney and Chrissie believe the students from Hailsham might know about deferrals?

5. What does Ruth want to do after being run off from the office where her possible works in chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter 16, what does Kathy tell the reader she had thought she and Tommy might do after the trip to Norfolk, but never did?

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

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

5. In chapter 18, how does Kathy learn that Ruth has begun her donations?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Rodney and Chrissie detour the group into Woolworth's upon arriving in Norfolk in chapter 14? How do the others feel about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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