Q.1
Why is creativity so important to the guardians of Hailsham?
  • The sale of art makes money for Hailsham
  • Being artistic will save students from becoming donors
  • The guardians happen to like art
  • The creative work of students proves their humanity
Q.2
Seaside towns and villages appear frequently in . What might the sea represent to Kathy, Tommy, Ruth and the other clones?
  • Their terror of the outside world
  • Love and friendship
  • The past
  • Freedom
Q.3
What does Norfolk represent to the Hailsham students?
  • The possibility of recovering the lost
  • The power of art
  • The freedom of the outside world
  • The fear of death
Q.4
Each donor reaches a point when he or she loses hope, becomes tired of waiting, and volunteers for the donation program. What is the best explanation for their behavior?
  • Clones have had hope programmed out of them
  • They have been well-trained into obedience
  • The clones have no feelings or emotions
  • They will be terribly punished if they rebel against the donation program
Q.5
Why does Ruth have such trouble with the barbed-wire fence when looking for the old boat?
  • Ruth likes to be the one to know everything first
  • Ruth despises getting dirty or being undignified
  • The fence represents her imprisoned life
  • Ruth likes to be in control of every situation
Q.6
"Tommy thought it possible the guardians had, throughout all our years at Hailsham, timed very carefully and deliberately everything they told us, so that we were always just too young to understand properly the latest piece of information." Tommy's theory relates to which of the following themes?
  • Fate and freedom
  • The impossibility of truly understanding others
  • The blurred distinction between truth and deception
  • The ineffective nature of education
Q.7
After Tommy "completes", Kathy takes a drive to Norfolk. While there, she stops her car near a field where rubbish blown from the sea has been caught in a barbed wire fence and she imagines that she sees Tommy in the distance. This episode is most closely related to which of the following themes?
  • Loss
  • The ethics of cloning
  • Fear of others
  • Freedom
Q.8
The veterans at the Cottages pass on a rumor that couples who are truly in love might be granted a deferral. How do Kathy and Tommy believe love can be proved?
  • Through the testimony of friends
  • Through art
  • Through sex
  • All of the above
Q.9
Which one of the following is NOT a theme of this novel?
  • Social mobility
  • Friendship
  • Humanity and inhumanity
  • Memory
Q.10
Which of the following events relates most closely to the theme of hope in the novel?
  • The students decide to get a closer look at Madame
  • Kathy, Ruth and Tommy accompany the veterans to Norfolk
  • Kathy challenges Ruth over the pencil case
  • Ruth "completes"
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