Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
  • Tommy and Kathy are exploring the Norfolk town, hoping to find a copy of her lost cassette tape
  • Chrissie and Rodney have returned to the Cottages, full of news about Ruth's "possible"
  • Ruth spies Kathy's Judy Bridgewater tape in her room
  • Madame watches Kathy dance
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • Kathy finishes writing her essay on Victorian novels
  • Ruth and Kathy argue
  • Kathy and Tommy discuss the rumor about deferrals for couples in love
  • Tommy leaves the Cottages to become a carer
Q.3
What does Tommy's first response to the finding of the tape reveal?
  • His concern that Ruth will discover the existence of the tape
  • His disappointment at not having found a prized possession of his own
  • That his temper is still not entirely under control
  • The depth of his feelings for Kathy
Q.4
At which point does the mood shift most dramatically in this passage?
  • Kathy checks the details on the back of the case
  • Tommy is doubtful that the correct tape has been found
  • Kathy realizes the pair are almost alone in the shop
  • Kathy continues browsing while Tommy buys the tape
Q.5
What does it mean when Kathy describes the old man as having "mentally curtained off" the back of the shop where the pair have been browsing?
  • The old man has forgotten that he has old tapes to sell
  • People are capable of wilfully not seeing things that are in plain sight
  • Tommy and Kathy wish they had more privacy
  • The man keeps that section of the shop dark because he does not want to waste a light bulb on such old items
Q.6
What is the meaning of Tommy's "small laugh"?
  • It is Tommy's way of trying to make Kathy like him better
  • He doesn't want Kathy to know that he wished she'd never found the tape
  • He wants to restrain himself from laughing too loudly in public
  • It is an attempt to disguise emotion
Q.7
This scene has an atmosphere of deep privacy. Which one of the following words or phrases does NOT contribute to this atmosphere?
  • ''engrossed in his paperwork"
  • ''pang of regret"
  • ''His voice was softer than usual"
  • ''it was darker and more secluded"
Q.8
After this afternoon, the tape holds new memories for Kathy in addition to the old memories. What does this demonstrate?
  • How memory is constructed
  • That memories are not reliable
  • That bad memories can drive out good memories
  • That Norfolk really is a "lost corner" for the Hailsham students
Q.9
In what way does this passage represent a turning point?
  • When Ruth later spies the tape amongst Kathy's possessions, she is driven by jealousy into causing a rift between Tommy and Kathy
  • The trip to Norfolk prompts Kathy to leave the Cottages
  • After regaining her precious tape, Kathy discovers that it does not mean very much to her any longer
  • The Cottages no longer seem a safe place after the clones mingle with the outside world in Norfolk
Q.10
Kathy is nearly engulfed by her own emotions. What does her response tell us?
  • She has no feelings
  • She enjoys strong emotions
  • She can repress even very powerful emotions
  • She enjoys dramatically giving way to emotion
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