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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Stephen drop off the truck driver?
(a) At Thelma's house.
(b) At the driver's house.
(c) At his house.
(d) At the police station.

2. After attending what did Stephen move away from home for the rest of his life?
(a) Grosse Point.
(b) Temple.
(c) Conservatory.
(d) Boarding school.

3. In what kind of a room is the subcommittee's meeting on education held?
(a) A conservatory.
(b) An opera hall.
(c) A public school building.
(d) A cramped one.

4. What is Stephen able to do that makes the truck driver extremely grateful to him?
(a) Donate his belongings.
(b) Answer him.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Rescue him.

5. What does Thelma say that she noticed existed between the Prime Minister and Charles?
(a) Anger.
(b) Desire.
(c) Fear.
(d) Competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Stephen to check on him when he says he is working on a book project?

2. What does Stephen realize about Kate when he leaves the school?

3. What does Stephen notice as a change in his parents when he visits them after attending the subcommittee meeting?

4. What memory does Stephen share with his parents that his mother agrees with, but his father disagrees with?

5. What does Charles demonstrate that he can do with a slingshot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the driver of the truck want Stephen to write down two notes?

2. Why does the young man at the subcommittee meeting believe that learning written languages at an early age is not a good idea?

3. What does Stephen realize after going to the school and not finding Kate?

4. When Stephen rescues the truck driver, how does the man respond?

5. How does Stephen spend Kate's birthday?

6. What did Stephen become interested in when his mother had insisted that he take a nap in the middle of the day as a child?

7. When the secretary insists that Stephen meet with the Prime Minister, how does he respond?

8. How does Stephen work through his feelings about Julie and her leaving him?

9. How does Stephen respond to the Prime Minister's secretary's request for a second meeting?

10. How does Stephen survive the crash with the truck?

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