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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 is the name of the newspaper the governor is reading?

2. What do the narrator and his wife throw at each other during arguments?

3. How does the author describe the color of Ernest's eyes?

4. What word does Ernest say never comes into his mind?

5. What does Mr. Raynor ask Bullivant to hold out for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the girls' family life like?

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

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

5. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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