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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concern has Tommy admitted to the narrator he has for the creatures in his drawings?
(a) How they will keep warm.
(b) How they might catch food.
(c) How they will be kept safe.
(d) How they can reach and fetch things.

2. What lie has Ruth told Chrissie that Tommy nearly blows for her in chapter 13?
(a) That a Hailsham student became a doctor.
(b) That a Hailsham student became a barrister.
(c) That a Hailsham student became a bookkeeper.
(d) That a Hailsham student became a park keeper.

3. What billboard does the narrator point out in chapter 19 that she hopes will remind Tommy and Ruth of their trip to Norfolk?
(a) A picture of a beach resort.
(b) A picture of a hotel.
(c) A picture of a set of cottages.
(d) A picture of an office setting.

4. What kind of drawings does the narrator find Tommy making in chapter 20?
(a) Pictures of Ruth.
(b) Dogs and cats.
(c) Portraits of donors.
(d) Imaginary animals.

5. In the beginning of chapter 18, the narrator tells the reader what is one of the most difficult parts of working as a carer?
(a) Losing a donor to suicide.
(b) Losing a donor early in the donation cycle.
(c) Losing a donor to cancer.
(d) Losing a donor after the fifth donation.

6. In chapter 16, who was the first of the Hailsham students to begin their carer training?
(a) Laura.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Alice.
(d) Tommy.

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

8. In chapter 18, the narrator learns that Hailsham is to be turned into what?
(a) A holiday retreat.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A public school.
(d) A health spa.

9. Why does the narrator go to Littlehampton in chapter 20?
(a) To find Miss Emily,
(b) To find Madame.
(c) To find Tommy's parents.
(d) To find Miss Lucy.

10. In chapter 15, why does the narrator tell Tommy she often looks at models in magazines?
(a) To find lost friends.
(b) To find her possible.
(c) To find someone to admire.
(d) To find her parents.

11. In chapter 13, who has been placed in charge of the spending money for the Norfolk trip?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Rodney.

12. What does Ruth want to do after being run off from the office where her possible works in chapter 14?
(a) She wants to go home.
(b) She wants to confront the woman.
(c) She wants to forget the whole episode.
(d) She wants to go back.

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

14. In chapter 12, what subject does the narrator say Rodney talked about a lot?
(a) Religion.
(b) Angels.
(c) Karma.
(d) Reincarnation.

15. In chapter 13, why does Ruby become irate when Kathy suggests they switch seats?
(a) Ruby does not like Kathy.
(b) Ruby does not want Kathy growing closer to Tommy.
(c) Ruby does not want Kathy to grow close to Rodney.
(d) Ruby does not like Rodney.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of chapter 15, how does Ruth go out of her way to show Tommy and Kathy she had known she had acted badly earlier?

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

3. How does the narrator say the trip to Norfolk was nearly called off at the beginning of chapter 13?

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

5. In chapter 15, who is first to find the Judy Bridgewater tape?

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