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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. What does Ernest eat for breakfast?
(a) A bacon sandwich.
(b) Tomatoes on toast.
(c) A sausage sandwich.
(d) Egg on toast.

2. Who does Harry's wife run off with?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A builder.
(c) A housepainter.
(d) A book keeper.

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

4. What does Mr. Raynor say is his friend?
(a) books.
(b) Experience.
(c) His fists.
(d) His cane.

5. What is the boy on the front row reading like?
(a) A disciple.
(b) A prophet.
(c) A preacher.
(d) A robot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the middle-aged man coming out of at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Harry say is a stroke of God's luck?

3. What does Smith say he can taste in the back of his mouth?

4. What is the name of the newspaper the governor is reading?

5. What does Smith say the policeman has on the brain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Raynor want to punish Bullivant?

3. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

4. Why does Smith say he wrote this story?

5. What does Harry remember about his marriage to Kathy?

6. How does the writer decribe Ernest's appearance?

7. Describe the meeting between Harry and Kathy ten years later.

8. What is Ernest's routine?

9. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

10. How does the governor make Smith's life a misery for the rest of the time he is at Borstal?

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