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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term completion mean when applied to a donor?
(a) He has given all his organs and placed in a nursing home.
(b) He has too many illnesses to donate.
(c) He has gotten too old to donate.
(d) He has died.

2. What work of art did Tommy create as a joke that began his torment from other students, as described in chapter 2?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A palace.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A lion.

3. What excuse did Miss Emily give for the lack of tokens offered in exchange for the art Madame took away?
(a) That it was a great honor to have their art chosen.
(b) That they should ask someone else.
(c) That they should be given the tokens, but she did not have extras.
(d) That they should just be happy to have a roof over their heads.

4. What rumors abound at Hailsham about students who wander into the woods?
(a) They are made to volunteer to cook lunch.
(b) They are forced to add to the mural on the wall.
(c) They are forced to do extra homework.
(d) They are murdered.

5. Who is Miss Geraldine?
(a) A teacher at the Cottages.
(b) A donor at the clinic where Kathy works.
(c) A carer in Kathy's clinic.
(d) A guardian at Hailsham who is everyone's favorite.

6. Why is the narrator reluctant to sit beside Tommy in chapter 3 when they meet at the pond?
(a) She does not want to let Tommy know how she feels about him.
(b) She does not want to get her pants wet.
(c) She does not want to give Tommy the wrong impression.
(d) She does not want anyone to observe them and think they are up to something wrong.

7. What is the narrator doing as she recalls these events from her past, as a student at Hailsham?
(a) Talking to a friend.
(b) Preparing a funeral.
(c) Driving.
(d) Visiting a donor.

8. What does Tommy tell the narrator that he thinks Miss Lucy feels the students are not being taught properly?
(a) About their future careers.
(b) About donations.
(c) About art.
(d) About their work as carers.

9. What does the narrator tell the reader unzipping meant to the students at Hailsham in chapter 7?
(a) They could unzip their bodies and provide organs easily.
(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 clothing and show off their internal organs.

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

11. Where is the novel set?
(a) England.
(b) New York.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) France.

12. Who is Miss Lucy?
(a) A guardian at Hailsham.
(b) A teacher at the Cottages.
(c) A possible in Dover.
(d) A nurse in Norfolk.

13. In what room was the art displayed for Madame?
(a) The art room.
(b) An empty dorm room.
(c) The lunch room.
(d) The billiards room.

14. What was the Cottages before it became a halfway house for clones?
(a) A resort.
(b) A private school.
(c) A farm.
(d) A health spa.

15. Who suggests that Kathy might be Tommy's next girlfriend in chapter 9?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Laura.
(d) Amanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's stump?

2. Who was often blamed, as mentioned in chapter 11, for all the pornographic magazines discovered at the Cottages?

3. What is Songs After Dark?

4. When does the narrator hope she might be able to have more time to listen to her favorite music tape?

5. What changes does the narrator note about her relationship with Ruby in chapter 11?

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