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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 Harry's wife run off with?

2. What does Mr. Raynor tell his class the next one that speaks gets?

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

4. What does Smith say he leaps over while running?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Bullivant react to Raynor beating him?

6. What is Ernest's routine?

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

8. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

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

10. What is Borstal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is British slang and dialect so important to the stories meanings? What meaning would Sillitoe take away from the stories if he did not write in dialect and British slang?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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