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

2. What kind of weapon does Smith compare Borstal to?
(a) A ninja star.
(b) A mace.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

3. What kind of tree is at the end of the lane?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A maple tree.
(c) An elm tree.
(d) A horse chestnut.

4. What is the boy on the front row reading like?
(a) A disciple.
(b) A prophet.
(c) A robot.
(d) A preacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harry doing when his wife tells him she loves him?

2. What character from the bible does Mr. Raynor ask the class about?

3. Where does Ernest think he should have died?

4. What does Mr. Raynor see trundling along in a line?

5. What does Mr. Raynor ask Bullivant to hold out for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What regrets does Mr. Raynor express at the end of the story?

2. What does Harry remember about his marriage to Kathy?

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

4. Why do Mr. Raynor's pupils no longer bother to sneer at him for his well-known habit of staring at the drapery girls?

5. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

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

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

8. How does Kathy die?

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

10. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

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