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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harry say is a stroke of God's luck?

2. Where does Smith hide the money he steals?

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

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

5. Who does Kathy say she told where to get off?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mr. Raynor reward Robinson?

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

9. How does Kathy die?

10. Why does Raynor want to punish Bullivant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the British class system.

1. What points does Sillitoe make about the British class system?

2. Why is it so difficult for two classes to get on together?

3. How have peoples' attitudes towards class changed in the different time periods portrayed in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Why was suicide seen as a criminal offense in England? What lead to suicide becoming legalized?

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