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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. Who does the book belong to?

2. What sound does Smith say his feet make on the hard soil?

3. What color jackets do Hucknall school wear?

4. What part of England is Borstal in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Smith caught with the money he steals from the butchers?

2. How does Mr. Raynor reward Robinson?

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

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

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

6. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

7. How does Bullivant react to Raynor beating him?

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

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

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

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

What was Lennox marriage like in the beginning and how and why did it fall apart? What does Fred marriage symbolize in this same book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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