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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. Where does Smith hide the money he steals?
(a) Under his pillow.
(b) Inside his sisters doll.
(c) Up a drain pipe.
(d) Inside the water tank.

2. What is the reason Ernest's wife left him?
(a) His infidelities.
(b) His deep depressions.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His bad temper.

3. What game does Harry like playing at the club?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Draughts.
(c) Chess.
(d) Billiards.

4. Where does Ernest think he should have died?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the lords and ladies shout at Smith?

2. What does Mr. Raynor ask his class to take out of their bags?

3. What does Smith say he was born into?

4. What does Harry's wife say reading is bad for?

5. What kind of weapon does Smith compare Borstal to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Raynor see happening in the Draper's shop at the beginning of the story?

2. How does Ernest befriend the two girls?

3. What is Smith's attitutude when the policeman confronts him about the robbery?

4. What is Ernest's routine?

5. What do the policemen tell Ernest at the end of the story?

6. How does Mr. Raynor reward Robinson?

7. How is Smith caught with the money he steals from the butchers?

8. Why does Mr. Raynor think he is a good disciplinarian?

9. Why do Mr. Raynor's pupils no longer bother to sneer at him for his well-known habit of staring at the drapery girls?

10. What is the girls' family life like?

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