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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 has been the narrator's job for the past twenty-eight years?

2. What kind of tree is at the end of the lane?

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

4. What sound does Smith say his feet make on the hard soil?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

2. How does Kathy die?

3. What regrets does Mr. Raynor express at the end of the story?

4. Why does Raynor want to punish Bullivant?

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

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

7. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

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

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

10. What does Harry think about Kathy's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the stories say about life in northern England in pre-war Britain? How does northern England differ from southern England? What conflicts are there between the two areas and why?

Essay Topic 2

What is an anti-hero? In what way can Smith be called an anti-hero? Why does the use of an anti-hero work so well in Loneliness of a long Distance Rinner?

Essay Topic 3

What is life like in Borstal for Smith? How does Borstal try to change Smith and why do they fail? How has youth prison changed since the story was written?

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