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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he changed his mother for?
(a) A hag.
(b) A best friend.
(c) A better person.
(d) Another mother.

2. Where does Mr. Raynor hit Bullivant?
(a) On the back.
(b) On the shoulder.
(c) On the hand.
(d) On the head.

3. What do the lords and ladies shout at Smith?
(a) Move.
(b) Run.
(c) Smile.
(d) Damn you.

4. Where does Ernest go after he leaves the cafe?
(a) The bar.
(b) Home.
(c) The canal.
(d) Work.

5. What is the tea boy carrying?
(a) A white jug.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A tea urn.
(d) A cactus.

6. What do the police say will happen to Ernest if he goes near the two girls again?
(a) He will be killed.
(b) He will be thrown in prison.
(c) He will be beaten up.
(d) He will appear in court.

7. What ideas does Mr. Raynor want to get out of Bullivant's head?
(a) Hippy ideas.
(b) Utopian ideas.
(c) Mod ideas.
(d) Teddy-boy ideas.

8. What does Mr. Raynor see trundling along in a line?
(a) Cheer leaders.
(b) Trams.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) Trolley-buses.

9. What does Mr. Raynor leap over the desks like?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A leopard.
(c) A kangaroo.
(d) A hyena.

10. What is the students' next class?
(a) Geography.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Hibook.
(d) English.

11. What does Smith say he was born into?
(a) War.
(b) The good life.
(c) Depravity.
(d) Poverty.

12. What disease does Smith contract at the end of the book?
(a) HIV.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Pleurisy.

13. What were dead and dying men straggling in the First World War?
(a) Trip wire.
(b) Metal fencing.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Sandbags.

14. What part of England is Borstal in?
(a) Buckinghamshire.
(b) Surrey.
(c) Essex.
(d) Middlesex.

15. What kind of tree is at the end of the lane?
(a) A horse chestnut.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A maple tree.
(d) An elm tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mr. Raynor try to cure his obsession with the girl?

2. What does the middle-aged man always speak in one breath?

3. How does the author describe the color of Ernest's eyes?

4. What does Smith rob with his friend?

5. What do the two girls call Ernest?

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