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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 Mr. Raynor see trundling along in a line?

2. What does Smith think he will be forced to join after leaving Borstal?

3. Where is Smith from originally?

4. What color jackets do Hucknall school wear?

5. What does Smith say the policeman has on the brain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Smith and Smith steal the money from the butchers?

5. What is Ernest's routine?

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

7. How does Kathy die?

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

9. What do the policemen tell Ernest at the end of the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is an anti-hero? In what way can Smith be called an anti-hero? Why does the use of an anti-hero work so well in Loneliness of a long Distance Rinner?

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