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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 suffer a large electric bill that way.
(b) That one could commit suicide easily.
(c) That one could easily commit murder.
(d) That one could fry eggs quite easily.

2. To where does Ruth and her friends follow the possible from the office in chapter 14?
(a) A gym.
(b) A gallery.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A dog park.

3. What is a Walkman?
(a) An alarm clock.
(b) An early MP3 player.
(c) A portable cassette player.
(d) A radio.

4. Who does the narrator continuously refer to as the veterans in chapter 10?
(a) Residents who had been there a year or more.
(b) Residents who lived there permanently.
(c) Residents who acted as guardians to the newcomers.
(d) Residents who were of middle age.

5. Who is Keffers?
(a) The neighbor of the Cottages.
(b) A teacher at the Cottages.
(c) The owner of the Cottages.
(d) The caretaker at the Cottages.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 13, who has been placed in charge of the spending money for the Norfolk trip?

2. What does the term completion mean when applied to a donor?

3. Why does the narrator refuse to go visit Martin while in Norfolk?

4. In chapter 16, why does the narrator think she and her companions did not talk about their trip to Norfolk?

5. What vice is strongly discouraged at Hailsham?

(see the answer key)

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