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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the students at Hailsham allowed to wear on weekends, but not during the week?

2. What does the term completion mean when applied to a donor?

3. What is Dave's stump?

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

5. Whose departure from Hailsham shocks all the students in chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Upon first meeting Ruth, as described in chapter 4, what do Ruth and Kathy do together?

4. As the students at Hailsham grow older, what becomes the main subjects of discussion?

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

7. In chapter 10, what does Ruth accuse Kathy of being jealous of?

8. 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?

9. How does Miss Lucy react when she overhears the students at Hailsham discussing their futures in chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do Tommy and Kathy refuse to go see a carer with the others in chapter 15? What do they spend their time doing? What is significant about the cassette tape they go in search of? What is special about the song Kathy likes on the recording? How does this recording make Kathy feel? Who once saw Kathy listening to this song? What was significant about her watching Kathy dance to the song? What is significant about Tommy's desire to find the recording for Kathy? What does this suggest about Tommy's feelings for Kathy?

Essay Topic 2

What are Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth? How do they come to understand the truth of their situation? How much time passes between Kathy's time at the Cottage and her next meeting with Ruth? How does Ruth respond when she discovers that Kathy has become her carer? What do they talk about in the beginning of their reunion? Why do they go to see a marooned boat? Who do they take with them? What does this say about the relationship between Ruth and Kathy now?

Essay Topic 3

At Halisham, the students appear to take on different aspects of behavior as they become involved with different groups of students. Later, Kathy notes that many of the residents of the Cottage appear to take clues about behavior from television. Is this normal behavior? Why do the students seem to learn behavior from outside influences rather than instinctively from their own personalities? How do these early hints at Hailsham suggest something special about these students?

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