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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Tommy an idiot in chapter 1 for not seeing that the boys are going to ignore him while picking players for the sports team?
(a) Laura.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Kathy.

2. What joke do the children at Hailsham make when discussing the electrified fences that often circled the concentration camps during World War II?
(a) That one could fry eggs quite easily.
(b) That one could easily commit murder.
(c) That one could commit suicide easily.
(d) That one could suffer a large electric bill that way.

3. Why does Ruth ask Kathy to ask Tommy to come back to her in chapter 9?
(a) Because Kathy has mind washing powers.
(b) Because Kathy is Tommy's best friend.
(c) Because Kathy is the reason they broke up.
(d) Because Tommy and Kathy were always able to talk to one another.

4. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) First person.
(b) Limited omniscient.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

5. What does the narrator tell the reader unzipping meant to the students at Hailsham in chapter 7?
(a) They could unzip their clothing and show off their internal organs.
(b) They could unzip their heads and reveal their intelligence.
(c) They could unzip their spines and remove their skeletons.
(d) They could unzip their bodies and provide organs easily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Peter and Gordon say they want to go to America in chapter 7?

2. What would the narrator often hold while listening to her favorite song, Never Let Me Go?

3. How does Kathy find herself on Ruth's good books at the end of part one?

4. How old was the narrator when she first recalls making friends with Ruth?

5. Why is the narrator reluctant to sit beside Tommy in chapter 3 when they meet at the pond?

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