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

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

3. What were the students at Hailsham allowed to wear on weekends, but not during the week?
(a) Their own clothing.
(b) Team jerseys.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Make-up.

4. Who was Moira B?
(a) Another secret guard leader.
(b) Another girl kicked out of the secret guard.
(c) A student in the narrator's art class.
(d) A girl who lived in the same dorm room with Ruth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrating character?

2. In chapter 10, the narrator describes a fear of doing what once they arrived at the Cottages?

3. How many others from their class does the narrator say came to the Cottages in chapter 10?

4. Who is Judy Bridgewater?

5. Where is the novel set?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kathy notice about the behavior of the older residents at the Cottages?

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

3. What does Tommy tell Kathy that Miss Lucy told him that helped him to stop having so many fits of temper in chapter 3?

4. 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?

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

6. Who tells the students that there is something about Madame and their artwork that they are not being told?

7. What is stolen from Kathy's room in chapter 6?

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

9. Where do Tommy, Ruth, and Kathy go after leaving Hailsham when they are sixteen?

10. How does Kathy know Tommy and Ruth when she requests to become their carer?

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