Never Let Me Go Quizzes

Never Let Me Go Quiz 1

By Abigail Lind · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed December 26, 2011

1 How long has Kathy been a carer at the beginning of the novel?

1 year

4 years

11 years

16 years
2 Why is Kathy allowed to choose which donors she cares for?

She was a Hailsham student

She is very good at her job

There has been a recent policy change that allows all carers to choose their donors

She badgered the authorities until they allowed her to choose
3 What item does Kathy worry Tommy will get dirty when he throws his tantrum?

His polo shirt

His soccer cleats

His dress uniform

His schoolbooks
4 Why does Tommy hit Kathy on the face on the soccer pitch?

She insulted Ruth

It was an accident

She humiliated Tommy by yelling at the boys who were bullying him

It is the only way he knows to get her attention
5 Where do Kathy and her friends have their most intimate conversations?

The janitor's closet

Their dorm room

The art classroom

The sports pavilion
6 Kathy traces Tommy's ostracism to a picture he painted as a child. What did he paint?

A mushroom

A giraffe

A lamp

An elephant
7 Which kindly teacher accidentally humiliated Tommy in art class?

Miss Lucy

Miss Emily

Mr. Robert

Miss Geraldine
8 Who tells Tommy that it's all right not to be creative?

Kathy

Ruth

Miss Lucy

Miss Geraldine
9 Where do the students at Hailsham get their favorite articles of clothing?

The black market

The Sales

The Exchanges

The Cottages
10 Who intuits that Madame is afraid of the students?

Kathy

Tommy

Matilda

Ruth
11 How do the students test their suspicions that Madame is afraid of them?

They play pranks on her

They crowd around her

They startle her by sneaking up behind her

They ask her directly
12 Why is Hailsham's lunch line a good place to have a private conversation?

It is too loud for people to eavesdrop

Students are allowed to cut ahead of each other in line, so it is easy to find the person one wants to talk to

The students are too focused on getting food to bother eavesdropping

It is the only place boys and girls can talk to one another without arousing suspicion
13 How does Kathy feel about becoming Ruth's carer?

Exhausted, because Ruth is a very demanding patient

Pleased, because they can reminisce about Hailsham together

Resentful, because of their difficult relationship growing up

Gleeful, because this means she will outlive Ruth
14 What does Madame take from the students of Hailsham?

Their identity papers

Their composition assignments

Their artwork

Their organs
15 Why did the students at Hailsham stop bullying Tommy?

He took an intensive course and became better at art

He stopped throwing tantrums

They learned that Tommy's 'original' is a rock star

Kathy told them to
16 Which guardian makes the students of Hailsham feel safe?

Miss Lucy

Mr. Robert

Miss Emily

Miss Geraldine
17 What did Sylvie C. do to anger Miss Emily?

She skipped class

She was on the off-limits second floor landing

She kissed a boy

She tried to sneak out of Hailsham
18 When are Hailsham students not allowed to walk on Kathy's favorite path?

After dark

When classes are in session

During winter

On Sundays
19 Where does Kathy's first memory of Ruth take place?

The dorm rooms

The hospital

The playpen

The sandbox
20 What is the name of the imaginary horse Ruth claims for herself?

Shadowfax

Blackie

Lightning

Thunder
21 Who is Ruth's "secret guard" dedicated to protecting?

Tommy

Miss Lucy

Miss Geraldine

Miss Emily
22 What game does Ruth pretend to know how to play?

Backgammon

Chess

Draughts

Scrabble
23 What item does Ruth claim she received as a gift from Miss Geraldine?

A pencil case

A set of markers

A charm bracelet

A candy bar
24 Kathy says that as she's grown older, she has tended to brood more. To what does she attribute this change in personality?

Ruth's death

Tommy's death

Her anxiety about her impending donations

Her job as a carer
25 Why does Miss Emily characterize Norfolk as a "lost corner?"

No one lives there anymore due to a nuclear accident

It is rural and remote

It is a lawless county controlled by rebels

It was hit hard by an epidemic

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