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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the ages of the Junior classes at Hailsham?
(a) Birth to twelve.
(b) Five through eight.
(c) Seven through eleven.
(d) Fifteen to seventeen.

2. Who did the narrator once see giving a speech to an imaginary classroom, as described in chapter 4?
(a) Miss Geraldine.
(b) Miss Lucy.
(c) Miss Emily.
(d) Miss Jody.

3. What things in Tommy's behavior does the narrator believe she missed as signs of something that has taken place in chapter 8?
(a) He breaks off their friendship.
(b) He becomes distracted and angry again.
(c) He begins fighting with the other boys.
(d) He begins dating many other girls.

4. Who asks Tommy to get back into his art in chapter 9?
(a) Miss Lucy.
(b) Laura.
(c) Miss Emily.
(d) Kathy.

5. What is Bramble, as described in chapter 4?
(a) An imaginary horse.
(b) An imaginary cow.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the students at Hailsham allowed to wear on weekends, but not during the week?

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

3. What difference did the narrator begin to note in Tommy during their Senior 2 year, as described in chapter 2?

4. What joke do the children at Hailsham make when discussing the electrified fences that often circled the concentration camps during World War II?

5. How long does the narrator recall the secret guard lasting?

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