Q.1.
Why is creativity so important to the guardians of Hailsham?
Q.2.
Seaside towns and villages appear frequently in . What might the sea represent to Kathy, Tommy, Ruth and the other clones?
Q.3.
What does Norfolk represent to the Hailsham students?
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?
Q.5.
Why does Ruth have such trouble with the barbed-wire fence when looking for the old boat?
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?
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?
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?
Q.9.
Which one of the following is NOT a theme of this novel?
Q.10.
Which of the following events relates most closely to the theme of hope in the novel?