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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 12, the narrator suggests that the clones believed they could learn what from meeting their possible?
(a) Who they were deep down.
(b) What their future job would be.
(c) What their siblings were like.
(d) Who their spouse might be.

2. In chapter 14, who does Ruth tell Chrissie she would need to contact if she wanted a deferral?
(a) The owner of the Cottages.
(b) Miss Emily.
(c) Hailsham.
(d) Madame.

3. In chapter 16, how does the narrator make her intention to become a carer immediately known?
(a) She asks the guardians if she can start early.
(b) She asks Rodney for help.
(c) She tells Ruth.
(d) She tells Keffers.

4. In chapter 15, what do Kathy and Tommy talk about?
(a) The deferrment.
(b) Sneaking away from the Cottages.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Hailsham's students.

5. Where is the recovery center where Ruth is living during her donations?
(a) London.
(b) Dover.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Littlehampshire.

6. What does Madame reveal in chapter 21 that the artwork from Hailsham was supposed to show?
(a) The students' inner child.
(b) The students' intelligence.
(c) The students' creativitiy.
(d) The students' souls.

7. What is the one thing the narrator notices most about the drawings Tommy shows her in chapter 15?
(a) The originality.
(b) The childishness of them.
(c) The oddness of them.
(d) The details.

8. Who tells Chrissie and Rodney that the students at Hailsham were told about deferrals in chapter 13?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Laura.
(d) Kathy.

9. What is the definition of a possible as described by the narrator in chapter 12?
(a) The intended recipient of a clone's organs.
(b) The scientist who created a specific clone.
(c) The parent of a clone.
(d) The normal person a clone is modeled after.

10. What one sign of her health struggles does Ruth show during the walk to the boat in chapter 18?
(a) She cannot walk at all.
(b) She is short of breath.
(c) She must stop often.
(d) She walks with a limp.

11. In chapter 16, why does the narrator feel she must apologize to Ruth?
(a) She feels guilty.
(b) She wants to make peace.
(c) She is socially desperate for Ruth's friendship.
(d) She wants to use Ruth to get close to Tommy.

12. In chapter 16, where does Ruth suggest she might one day like to take a trip to?
(a) Dover.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Dartmoor.

13. What does the narrator think of in chapter 15 when Tommy describes his new art creations to her?
(a) They are a clear revealing of Tommy's feelings.
(b) They are symbolic of their existence.
(c) They are childish.
(d) They are very creative.

14. How does the narrator say Ruth responded to the possibility of not taking the trip to Norfolk in chapter 13?
(a) She was nonchalant.
(b) She was depressed.
(c) She became angry.
(d) She was relieved.

15. Why does there seem to be a different set of rules for the clones from Hailsham as compared to the clones from other backgrounds?
(a) The Hailsham students have more supportive parents.
(b) The Hailsham students have more money.
(c) The Hailsham students are better educated.
(d) The Hailsham students were raised with more compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what job does Rodney and Chrissie report Ruth's possible worked at?

2. What promise does the narrator make to Ruth after her second donation in chapter 19?

3. Who suggests in chapter 18 that the narrator become Ruth's carer?

4. Who claims to not recall learning about deferrals at Hailsham in chapter 13?

5. In chapter 15, why does Tommy think he has blown his future by refusing to participate in art at Hailsham?

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