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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose departure from Hailsham shocks all the students in chapter 9?
(a) Miss Lucy.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Moira.
(d) Miss Emily.

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

3. What difference did the narrator begin to note in Tommy during their Senior 2 year, as described in chapter 2?
(a) He stopped hanging out with his friends.
(b) He stopped going to classes.
(c) He stopped playing sports.
(d) He stopped losing his temper.

4. 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 lion.
(d) A cathedral.

5. What vice is strongly discouraged at Hailsham?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Premarital sex.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Overeating.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose room does Tommy admit in chapter 11 that he saw the narrator looking at similar magazines as the ones he finds her looking at in the boiler room in chapter 11?

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

3. What is the narrator doing as she recalls these events from her past, as a student at Hailsham?

4. Why is the narrator reluctant to sit beside Tommy in chapter 3 when they meet at the pond?

5. Who makes fun of Tommy's expressions as he warms up on the sports field with the other boys in chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tommy reveal to Kathy in chapter 9 that Miss Lucy has told him, causing him to once again begin having fits of temper again as well as ending his relationship with Ruth?

2. What often causes Tommy, as a child, to have a fit of temper?

3. In chapter 8, what does Kathy see Miss Lucy doing that makes her think the woman is sinister?

4. What are the students normally given for artwork 'sold' at Hailsham? Are they given these by Madame?

5. Where does Ruth tell everyone she got a pencil case she shows off in chapter 5? Where does Kathy suspect she really got the case?

6. In chapter 6, how does Kathy keep another girl from learning the truth about Ruth's pencil case?

7. What does Kathy imagine the song, "Never Let Me Go", is about?

8. What change in attitude does Kathy remember noticing in Tommy during their days at Hailsham?

9. In chapter 11, who catches Kathy looking at pornographic material? How does an older Kathy recall this made her feel?

10. Why does Kathy, in chapter 11, sneak away to take a look at some of the pornographic material she has found in the caretaker's confiscated collection?

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