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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 the young girl want to eat?

2. What color jackets do Hucknall school wear?

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

4. What do the two girls call Ernest?

5. What does Smith say the governor talks to him like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What point does Smith make about honesty?

7. What is Borstal?

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

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

10. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what do Colin and Bert's characters differ? How do the students think Bert and Colin's relationship develop as they grow older? In what way could they influence affect each other both negatively and positively?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the following phrase; a ghost of your former self; What does the phrase mean and to which stories does the phrase refer to? How does becong this person affect others more that it does the person?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Kathy and Harry find it so difficult to express their love for each other? What does this express about marraige during this time?

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