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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What transformation did Dagmar go through in Chapter 11?

2. What was the author's early morning job in Chapter 10?

3. What was the outcome of the author's trip he described in Chapter 14?

4. Who did Alison have a complex relationship with in Chapter 16?

5. What did the author's mother do upon her return home in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the author travel during the spring, and what did he find out there in Chapter 19?

2. Where was the author going in Chapter 17?

3. Why did the author avoid going home for dinner after school in Chapter 13?

4. What was the latest money making idea Jean had in Chapter 9?

5. What does the author describe at Chapter 10's conclusion?

6. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?

7. Who did the author live with after Dagmar left?

8. Describe the author's experience hitch-hiking.

9. What was the author threatened with in Chapter 10?

10. Describe what was significant about the day at work in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's relationship to Jessica and how she is the one person who brings about a selflessness within the author that no one else was able to demonstrate prior to her birth.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's "experimental" boarding school, Freemont, and then describe what happened to Ligget and the outcome of it.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the author's recollections in his writing display a gained insight from the time the events actually took place to the time in which he writes "Stop-Time" by using some examples from the text.

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