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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 kind of drawings does the narrator find Tommy making in chapter 20?

2. In chapter 14, what are the office workers doing when Rodney points out Ruth's possible?

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

4. In chapter 16, how does the narrator make her intention to become a carer immediately known?

5. What items does the narrator say in chapter 18 she likes to window shop for and compare to the ones she has at home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth admit to Kathy in chapter 19 that she believes should have happened in their past and that she actively attempted to prevent?

2. In chapter 13, what excuse does Ruth give to Rodney and Chrissie for Tommy's refusal to agree that there is a deferment program for lovers?

3. In chapter 13, Rodney and Chrissie ask Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy about what type of deferment?

4. In chapter 16, what does Kathy tell the reader she had thought she and Tommy might do after the trip to Norfolk, but never did?

5. What does Kathy decide not to tell Ruth at the end of chapter 15?

6. In chapter 12, what fantasy does Ruth develop after learning where her possible works?

7. In chapter 12, why do Rodney and Chrissie invite Ruth to go on a trip to Norfolk with them? Who else will be going?

8. In chapter 15, who does Rodney and Chrissie want to visit that Kathy refuses to see? For what reason?

9. Why does Kathy constantly allow Ruth to indulge her fantasies even when she knows she is wrong?

10. In chapter 15, Tommy reveals to Kathy that he had been searching for what in Woolworth's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Ruth reveal to Kathy after she, Kathy, and Tommy go to the boat? What does Ruth say about the relationship that should have existed between Tommy and Kathy? What does Ruth encourage Tommy and Kathy to seek? What is a deferment? What might it give to Kathy and Tommy? Why does Ruth push this on them? How do they react? Why does Ruth ask Kathy to stop being her carer and become Tommy's carer? Does Kathy take this advice?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Tommy often get picked last for sports teams? How did he react to this slight? Why did Tommy stop working at his art? Who told Tommy his art was not important? Why did this person later tell Tommy that the art was really very important? What does Tommy come to believe is the point of the art the students are encouraged to do at Hailsham? Why does Tommy believe this? How does Tommy react when he comes to realize the truth about the students' are at Hailsham?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following themes in detail, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Medical cloning.

2) Acceptance.

3) Morality.

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