Q.1
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
Q.2
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.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
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.5
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.6
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.7
Which one of the following is related to the "Morningdale scandal" which eventually causes the closure of Hailsham?
  • Eugenics
  • IVF
  • Immigration
  • Misogyny
Q.8
With its sports pavilion, large grounds and dormitories, Hailsham resembles which of the following?
  • A British public school
  • A prison
  • A university
  • A small village
Q.9
Which of the following historical events is most closely linked to the context for the cloning programme 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
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