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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. How did Mr. Raynor try to cure his obsession with the girl?

2. What does Smith rob with his friend?

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

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

5. What is the name of the person who owns the draper shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Raynor reward Robinson?

2. How does Bullivant react to Raynor beating him?

3. What point does Smith make about honesty?

4. What is the girls' family life like?

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

6. What is Borstal?

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

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

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

10. How does Kathy die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the book. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Why do so many of the characters in the book have a problem with authority figures? In what way do their problems with authority figures hold them back?

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