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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. Where is Smith from originally?

2. What does the policeman's voice bring Ernest to the brink of?

3. What kind of factory does Kathy work in?

4. What does Harry's wife hate like poison?

5. What does Smith say he was born into?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Ernest's routine?

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

7. What point does Smith make about honesty?

8. What is the girls' family life like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does football mean to Lennox? In what way does he use football to hide his real problems?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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