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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character from the bible does Mr. Raynor ask the class about?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Cain.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Abel.

2. What kind of words does the smaller girl answer her sister in?
(a) Curt words.
(b) Long words.
(c) Hushed words.
(d) Flowery words.

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

4. What is the cleanest thing about the middle-aged man?
(a) His hands.
(b) His hat.
(c) His coat.
(d) His shoes.

5. What does Mr. Raynor say his class younger class rebels at?
(a) Their books.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their appearance.
(d) Their friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tea boy carrying?

2. What is the middle-aged man coming out of at the beginning of the book?

3. How did the young girl die?

4. What part of England is Borstal in?

5. What does Smith say he was born into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

2. What point does Smith make about honesty?

3. What is Smith's attitutude when the policeman confronts him about the robbery?

4. What does Mr. Raynor see happening in the Draper's shop at the beginning of the story?

5. Why does Mr. Raynor think he is a good disciplinarian?

6. Why does Colin agree to run in a competition for Borstal?

7. Describe the meeting between Harry and Kathy ten years later.

8. What does Harry think about Kathy's death?

9. Why does Smith say he wrote this story?

10. What is Borstal?

(see the answer keys)

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