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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What house is Handley in?
(a) Milton.
(b) Buckingham.
(c) Duke.
(d) Townsend.

2. What does the narrator say he changed his mother for?
(a) A best friend.
(b) Another mother.
(c) A hag.
(d) A better person.

3. Who does the book belong to?
(a) Harry's father.
(b) Harry's boss.
(c) The bookshop.
(d) The library.

4. What do the lords and ladies shout at Smith?
(a) Move.
(b) Smile.
(c) Run.
(d) Damn you.

5. Where does the narrator walk with his wife when he receives his first paycheck?
(a) Sherwood Forest.
(b) Snakey Wood.
(c) New Forest.
(d) The Apple Orchard.

6. What color jackets do Hucknall school wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Grey.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

7. What does Smith say the upperclass sit in their houses like?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Flies.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Owls.

8. What is Ernest not yet accustomed to?
(a) Relationships.
(b) The city life.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Southern culture.

9. What does Smith think he will be forced to join after leaving Borstal?
(a) The cadets.
(b) The police.
(c) The marines.
(d) The army.

10. What does the narrator receive five shillings to buy?
(a) Football tickets.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Lunch.

11. How did the young girl die?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) She was murdered.
(c) She had a heart attack.
(d) She was run over.

12. What kind of factory does Kathy work in?
(a) A lace factory.
(b) A tea factory.
(c) A pie factory.
(d) A coffee factory.

13. Who does Kathy say she told where to get off?
(a) The manager.
(b) The forewoman.
(c) The owner.
(d) The local politician.

14. What does Ernest eat for breakfast?
(a) A sausage sandwich.
(b) A bacon sandwich.
(c) Egg on toast.
(d) Tomatoes on toast.

15. What do the narrator and his wife throw at each other during arguments?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Mugs.
(c) books.
(d) Pots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mt. Raynor look at through the classroom window?

2. What were dead and dying men straggling in the First World War?

3. What does Harry's wife hate like poison?

4. What does the author say lashes out it guts?

5. What disease does Smith contract at the end of the book?

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