Q.1
Organ donation sometimes takes place when a patient's brain no longer functions, but the body is kept on life support. This statement gives some context for which of the following concerns?
  • Madame worries about touching the clones
  • Ruth is convinced that their "possibles" were not respectable citizens
  • Tommy and Kathy worry about the importance of creativity
  • Tommy and the other donors worry about the meaning of "completion"
Q.2
Which one of the following is related to the "Morningdale scandal" which eventually causes the closure of Hailsham?
  • Eugenics
  • IVF
  • Immigration
  • Misogyny
Q.3
Kathy worries that other carers might be envious of her bedsit. Why is this significant?
  • Kathy feels sorry for herself
  • A bedsit is an extravagantly luxurious form of accommodation
  • Kathy is deluded in thinking that any other carers might be jealous of her
  • To be so grateful for a bedsit implies that a person has very low expectations of life
Q.4
When was first published?
  • 1985
  • 1995
  • 2005
  • 2015
Q.5
Which of the following historical events is most closely linked to the context for the cloning program in the novel?
  • The birth of the first "test tube" baby in 1978
  • The birth of Dolly the sheep in 1996
  • The closure of Hailsham School in 1992
  • All of the above
Q.6
Kathy's description at the end of the novel of the rubbish caught up in a barbed wire fence can easily be imagined since it is a familiar sight across Britain, especially in windy sites. What might this familiar image represent?
  • The freedom of young people to decide their own futures
  • The revision of history through focussing only on negative events
  • Britain's loss of self-belief
  • Society's creation of - and wilful blindness to - rubbish
Q.7
Why is the very ordinary setting of this novel significant?
  • It reminds the reader of the unpleasantness of late-twentieth-century Britain
  • Readers always better enjoy novels with comfortable settings
  • It challenges the reader to consider whether atrocities take place every day while people look away
  • A novel can only be considered "dystopian" if it takes place in a familiar environment
Q.8
The clones are trained to be entirely selfless. Which of the following terms best expresses this aspect of their education and expectations of themselves?
  • Creative
  • Carer
  • Veteran
  • Completing
Q.9
With its sports pavilion, large grounds and dormitories, Hailsham resembles which of the following?
  • A British private school
  • A prison
  • A university
  • A small village
Q.10
Why is the outside world afraid of the clones?
  • The clones might rebel against the purpose society has assigned them
  • The clones confront the world with their humanity
  • The clones could have been created as genetically superior
  • All of the above
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