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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 is Bullivant's excuse for hitting the boy?
(a) He hit him first.
(b) He is ugly.
(c) He called his mother a name.
(d) He swore at him.

2. What has happened to the girl's father?
(a) He has been sectioned.
(b) He has run away.
(c) He has been put in jail.
(d) He has died.

3. Where does Ernest think he should have died?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

4. What do the police say will happen to Ernest if he goes near the two girls again?
(a) He will appear in court.
(b) He will be killed.
(c) He will be thrown in prison.
(d) He will be beaten up.

5. What is the name of Smith's friend?
(a) Mike.
(b) Colin.
(c) Joe.
(d) Rick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say he was born into?

2. Where does the narrator walk with his wife when he receives his first paycheck?

3. What does Ernest have to do at two o'clock?

4. What does Mr. Raynor leap over the desks like?

5. What does the young girl want to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the writer decribe Ernest's appearance?

2. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

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

4. How does Ernest befriend the two girls?

5. How is Smith caught with the money he steals from the butchers?

6. How does Harry know that Kathy wants money for beer?

7. How does the governor make Smith's life a misery for the rest of the time he is at Borstal?

8. How does Kathy die?

9. How does Mr. Raynor remember the girl he regarded as physically perfect?

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

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