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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. What does Stephen wait for Julie to do?
(a) To forgive him.
(b) To answer his questions.
(c) To fight with him.
(d) To contact him.

2. Who cannot discuss Kate's disappearance?
(a) Julie and Kristen.
(b) Stephen and Mark.
(c) Stephen and Julie.
(d) Kristen and Claire.

3. In the new version of the book, what is crazed sex replaced by?
(a) Hippies eating.
(b) Women crying.
(c) Youngsters holding hands.
(d) Men gambling.

4. What was the stuffed animal toy that Kate held the day she disappeared?
(a) An owl.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A mongoose.

5. Who do(es) the person/people that Stephen sees in the window at the pub remind him of?
(a) His mother.
(b) His parents.
(c) His friend.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julie respond to Kate's disappearance?

2. What does Stephen think women are torn between doing, which makes them suffer?

3. Where does Julie work?

4. On whom does Stephen compile research for his theories about Kate's disappearance?

5. What does Stephen do with Julie when he gets to her house after leaving the pub?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stephen's memory about bicycles that he wants to remember with his family, and why does it bring about some fear and regret in him?

2. Why did Stephen take Kate to the market alone?

3. How does Hashish become Lemonade?

4. What happens when Stephen submits his first novel to Gott's?

5. How did Charles make the move into politics?

6. How does Julie deal with the loss of Kate by the end of Chapter 1?

7. How is Stephen Lewis described in Chapter 1?

8. Why are Stephen and Julie still at odds even after having sex?

9. How does the young girl in yellow at the station interact with Stephen?

10. What is Stephen's first novel originally about before it becomes a children's book?

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