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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. Which of the following is NOT a description made by the author about the pianist?

2. How did the author feel about their arrival in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 3, what does the author mention he and his friend discovered together?

4. What did the person who told the author he lost do to make Tobey lose the game in Chapter 6?

5. What does the author say Dagmar was wearing at his school's recital?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, why did the author and his family move, and what did they do?

2. In Chapter 2, who does the author narrate having a frightening encounter with?

3. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

4. Where did the author sleep in Chapter 4, and why?

5. When and who did the author visit in Florida?

6. Where did Dagmar and Jean work during the winter time in Chapter 4?

7. What did the author notice about Jean in the long drive in Chapter 3?

8. Who moved into the author's apartment in Chapter 5?

9. Where does the author describe the place where he attended school, in Chapter 1?

10. Where did Dagmar and Donald go together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what Conroy's acceptance into Haverford means to him and the overall theme of "Stop-Time".

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the scene with the elevator breakdown to Alison's emotional and mental instability.

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