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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 13, who has been placed in charge of the spending money for the Norfolk trip?

2. What promise does the narrator make to Ruth after her second donation in chapter 19?

3. What is a deferral?

4. In chapter 15, why does the narrator tell Tommy she often looks at models in magazines?

5. Why does the narrator go to Littlehampton in chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In chapter 16, Ruth becomes annoyed with Kathy and forces her to say that she thinks Tommy's drawings are childish, something Ruth later tells Tommy. What causes this change in Ruth's feelings toward Kathy and Tommy?

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

10. In chapter 12, what fantasy does Ruth develop after learning where her possible works?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth? How do they come to understand the truth of their situation? How much time passes between Kathy's time at the Cottage and her next meeting with Ruth? How does Ruth respond when she discovers that Kathy has become her carer? What do they talk about in the beginning of their reunion? Why do they go to see a marooned boat? Who do they take with them? What does this say about the relationship between Ruth and Kathy now?

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

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?

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