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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. How does the narrator say Ruth responded to the possibility of not taking the trip to Norfolk in chapter 13?

2. What was Kingsfield before it became a donor center?

3. What concern has Tommy admitted to the narrator he has for the creatures in his drawings?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Ruth react to the sight of her possible? How does she, and the others, come to believe this woman could not be her possible?

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

9. In chapter 17, what changes does Kathy note about the Cottages after her rift with Ruth and Tommy?

10. Why does Kathy constantly allow Ruth to indulge her fantasies even when she knows she is wrong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following relationships in an essay:

1) Ruth and Kathy

2) Kathy and Tommy

3) Tommy and Ruth.

Essay Topic 2

Why do Tommy and Kathy refuse to go see a carer with the others in chapter 15? What do they spend their time doing? What is significant about the cassette tape they go in search of? What is special about the song Kathy likes on the recording? How does this recording make Kathy feel? Who once saw Kathy listening to this song? What was significant about her watching Kathy dance to the song? What is significant about Tommy's desire to find the recording for Kathy? What does this suggest about Tommy's feelings for Kathy?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Character motivation

2) Character relationships

3) Character traits.

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