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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 does Smith rob with his friend?
(a) A church.
(b) A bank.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A school.

2. What is the reason Ernest's wife left him?
(a) His bad temper.
(b) His bad manners.
(c) His deep depressions.
(d) His infidelities.

3. What sound does Smith say his feet make on the hard soil?
(a) Slam.
(b) Trot.
(c) Puff.
(d) Slap.

4. What does Harry's wife say reading is bad for?
(a) Social life.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Humor.
(d) Brains.

5. What does Ernest need for his job that afternoon?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Perspex.
(c) Rexine.
(d) Carpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Raynor tell his class the next one that speaks gets?

2. Where does Harry's wife throw his book?

3. How does the author describe the color of Ernest's eyes?

4. What does Harry say he hasn't done for twenty years?

5. Where does Ernest think he should have died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

2. What is the girls' family life like?

3. How does Kathy die?

4. Why do people start suspecting Ernest's intentions towards the young girls?

5. What do the policemen tell Ernest at the end of the story?

6. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

7. In what way is Ernest a ghost of his former self?

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

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

10. Why does Smith say he wrote this story?

(see the answer keys)

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