Characters
Who is the head guardian at Hailsham?
Miss Emily
What is the first and last word in the novel?
First: My ("My name is Kathy H")
Last: Be ("to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be")
Why does Madame take the students' art away?
To prove that clones have souls.
Where did Miss Wadsworth attend university?
Canterbury
Where does Ruth's possible work?
A) An open-plan office
B) A supermarket
C) An art gallery
D) A secondhand store
A) An open-plan office
Before the first chapter there is a page that tells you where and when the story is set. What does it say?
England, late 1990s
Why do the Hailsham students believe Norfolk is an important place?
They believe it is where all the lost property in the country ends up.
Miss Wadsworth has been a high school teacher for:
A) 8 years
B) 10 years
C) 12 years
A) 8 years
Where does Kathy look for her possibles?
In pornographic magazines.
How do Kathy and Tommy learn Madame's address?
Ruth gives it to them
What did Kathy see Miss Lucy doing in a quiet classroom at the beginning of chapter 8?
A) Scribbling over students' papers
B) Creating a new type of art
C) Encouraging Tommy to create more art
D) Blacking out lines on unknown papers.
A) Scribbling over students' papers
How old is Miss Wadsworth?
39
What gesture does Ruth copy from the veteran couples at the Cottages?
A) Patting Tommy's back
B) Slapping Tommy's arm
C) Playing with Tommy's hair
D) Touching Tommy's cheek
B) Slapping Tommy's arm
What does Tommy make in Miss Geraldine’s art class?
A) A painting of Hailsham
B) A watercolour of an elephant
C) A pencil sketch of Ruth
D) A crayon drawing of a horse
B) A watercolour of an elephant
What does Ruth do with her collection?
A) She leaves it at Hailsham
B) She throws it in the trash
C) She asks Keffers to donate it to charity
D) She gives it to Kathy for safe keeping.
C) She asks Keffers to donate it to charity
Miss Wadsworth's dream job is...
An author
Which person is NOT someone who was at the cottages with Ruth, Kathy and Tommy?
Larry, Chrissie, Rodney, Martin, Helen
Martin (he was at the cottages before Kathy and her friends and the others always tell stories about them)
What does Kathy think about when she hears that Hailsham will close?
A) A horse looking into a pond
B) Tommy's animals
C) A clown carrying balloons
D) A barbed wire fence
C) A clown carrying balloons
Why does Madame cry when she sees Kathy dancing to the song Never Let Me Go while clutching a pillow?
She believes the pillow represents the old world, which had less scientific experimentation but which was a kinder, gentler world.
What most annoys Miss Wadsworth in teaching is:
A) Students not being held accountable for their actions
B) Students who are smart but don't work hard enough to reach their potential
C) Students who disrupt the class and take learning away from others
D) Students who arrive at the exam and do not attempt a paper
B) Students who are smart but don't work hard enough to reach their potential