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NLMG Recap

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Q. At the beginning of the book Kathy is ... years old. answer choices

a)

12

b)

16

c)

31

d)

21

2.

In Chapter 3, why is Miss Lucy angry?

a)

She feels that the Hailsham curriculum will not properly prepare the students for university life.

b)

She feels that Miss Emily is far too harsh on the students.

c)

She feels that the discipline problem at Hailsham has gotten out of control and the students are too badly behaved.

d)

She feels that the school administrators have been withholding information from the students about their future lives.

3.

Who is Madame?

a)

Kathy's grandmother, who teaches French in Hailsham and keeps insects in tanks in her rooms.

b)

The art teacher at Hailsham, who has a thick French accent.

c)

Kathy and Tommy's nickname for Ruth, because of her superiority complex.

d)

A woman who collects the students' artwork, which the students believe is shown in a gallery.

4.

Madame thinks clones are like what animal?

a)

Giraffes

b)

Ants

c)

Spiders

d)

Elephants

5.

What is the best definition of a 'euphemism'?

a)

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

b)

a harsh or direct word or expression substituted for one considered to be too mild when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

c)

A giraffe

d)

Being kind of vague about what something is

6.

"Told and not told": Who said this ? What does it mean?

a)

Miss Lucy. It means that the clones are being told all of the details of their purpose but only when they are about to leave Hailsham.

b)

Miss Lucy. It means that the clones been told about their purpose but not any of the unpleasant details.

c)

Miss Emily. It means that the clones been told about their purpose but not in any detail.

d)

Miss Geraldine.It means that the clones been told about their purpose but not any of the unpleasant details.

7.

"The fantasy never got beyond that—I didn’t let it—and though the tears rolled down my face, I wasn’t sobbing or out of control. I just waited a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be." These are the last lines of the novel. What might the whole "fantasy" that Kathy won't allow herself to consider?

a)

That she is able to live a full life with Tommy as if she were a regular human, which includes hoping and dreaming and not knowing how she and Tommy will die.

b)

That Tommy isn't dead yet

c)

That she and Tommy have been granted deferrals

d)

That she can return to Hailsham and never get older

8.

Kathy, Ruth and Tommy have different personalities. Why is this important?

a)

It humanises them

b)

It creates an opportunity for Ishiguro to show us different aspects of being human

c)

It demonstrates that clones have personalities

d)

It makes the reader think about the ethics of cloning

9.

Madame contrasts the "old kind world" with the new "harsh cruel world". Why is the new world "cruel"?

a)

It treats clones harshly

b)

It wants to cure cancer at any cost

c)

It places a"value" on a human life when previously a human life was "priceless"

d)

It doesn't allow places like Hailsham to exist

10.

"Your lives are set out for you. You'll become adults, then before you're old, before you're even middle-aged, you'll start to donate your vital organs. That's what each of you was created to do." Which theme does this quotation link to?

a)

Death

b)

Humanity

c)

Fear

d)

Education