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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 the policeman's voice bring Ernest to the brink of?
(a) Delirium.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Tears.

2. What subject does Mr. Raynor teach?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Religion.
(d) English.

3. What does Smith say the governor talks to him like?
(a) A prize race horse.
(b) A football fan.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) A small child.

4. What did the narrator do as soon as he found a job?
(a) Went on holiday.
(b) Bought a house.
(c) Left home.
(d) Married.

5. What does the narrator receive five shillings to buy?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Beer.
(c) Football tickets.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Ernest say never comes into his mind?

2. Who does Harry's wife run off with?

3. What does Smith believe counts in life?

4. What does Mr. Raynor see trundling along in a line?

5. What do the narrator and his wife throw at each other during arguments?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the girls' family life like?

5. How do Smith and Smith steal the money from the butchers?

6. What point does Smith make about honesty?

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

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

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

10. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

(see the answer keys)

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