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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 12, what subject does the narrator say Rodney talked about a lot?

2. In chapter 16, how does the narrator make her intention to become a carer immediately known?

3. What is the Goosehouse?

4. What did the students at Hailsham call Madame's collection of their art that she found amusing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What does Ruth reveal to Kathy after she, Kathy, and Tommy go to the boat? What does Ruth say about the relationship that should have existed between Tommy and Kathy? What does Ruth encourage Tommy and Kathy to seek? What is a deferment? What might it give to Kathy and Tommy? Why does Ruth push this on them? How do they react? Why does Ruth ask Kathy to stop being her carer and become Tommy's carer? Does Kathy take this advice?

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