Quotations

Question 1

Scared of the outside world

Answer 1

‘A dark fringe of trees […] it was like they cast a shadow over the whole of Hailsham’

Question 2

Miss lucy doesn’t agree with Hailsham

Answer 2

‘You’ve been told and not told. You’ve been told but none of you really understand.’

Question 3

Madame’s reaction to the clones

Answer 3

‘she was afraid of us in the same way someone might be afraid of spiders.’

Question 4

Kathy wants to hold on

Answer 4

‘Never let me go’

Question 5

Kathy feels she’s lost a lot

Answer 5

‘I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but i won’t lose my memories of them […] I suppose i lost Hailsham too.’

Question 6

Clones are kept separate

Answer 6

‘This is a barrier between you and the world’

Question 7

Clones are different to humans

Answer 7

‘empty vessel’

Question 8

Ruth regrets how she acted.

Answer 8

‘I’d like you to forgive me, but i don’t expect you to […] The main thing is, I kept you and Tommy apart.

Question 9

Shows tommy’s and kathy’s intimacy

Answer 9

‘our little heart to heart

Question 10

Tommy’s tantrum at the end

Answer 10

‘Tommy’s figure, raging, shouting, flinging his fists and kicking out’

Question 11

Tommy is hinting to kathy that he likes her and wants to be with her, not Ruth

Answer 11

‘We’re going to be leaving here soon. It’s not like a game anymore. We’ve got to think carefully.’

Question 12

Kathy’s reaction to tommy’s hint

Answer 12

‘was lost for what to say’

Question 13

tommy’s resignation, devoid of hope

Answer 13

‘So there’s definitely nothing. No deferral, nothing like that.’

Question 14

Tommy has given up/resigned

Answer 14

‘I don’t see how it matters […] I don’t see what difference it makes to anything.’

Question 15

They don’t understand the biology of being a clone

Answer 15

Tommy is worried about his elbow ‘unzipping’

Question 16

Clones health is important to the guardians

Answer 16

‘for you, all of you, it’s much, much worse to smoke than it ever was for me.’

Question 17

clones are dehumanised (3)

Answer 17

‘empty vessel’ ‘modelled from trash’ ‘to prove you had souls at all’

Question 18

cottages

Answer 18

‘remains of a farm that had gone out of business […] virtually falling down.’

Question 19

recovery centres are run down

Answer 19

‘There aren’t nearly enough bathrooms and the ones there are are hard to keep clean, get freezing in winter and are generally too far from the donors’ rooms.’