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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 is perfectly acceptable to do in the Authorized Child-Care Handbook?
(a) Steal from a child.
(b) Give a child food.
(c) Teach a child rhymes.
(d) Bribe a child.

2. Who in the committee visits Stephen and gives him a book?
(a) Claire.
(b) Mark.
(c) Harold.
(d) Marge.

3. Where is Stephen summoned to talk to the officer that came to the subcommittee formally?
(a) The opera.
(b) The hallway.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The bookstore.

4. What does Stephen watch in the evenings at his house?
(a) People.
(b) Old movies.
(c) Videos.
(d) Television.

5. When the chauffeur refuses to stop, what does Stephen do?
(a) Fights him.
(b) Holds a gun to his head.
(c) Grabs a hold of the wheel.
(d) Jumps out of the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen take while Charles retires at the house?

2. Who had warned Stephen of the duplicity of the government and the committee previously?

3. Who does Stephen talk to at the school about Kate?

4. What is the truck driver's name?

5. What does the driver of the truck want Stephen to do for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen purchase for Kate's birthday and what does it signify to him?

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

3. Why does the handbook excerpt say that it is acceptable to bribe children for good behavior?

4. When Stephen talks about his bicycle memory near the sea, how do his parents respond?

5. When the chauffeur arrives to pick up Stephen, how does he respond to Stephen's comments about the ragged car?

6. What was Stephen's experience in Africa as a child?

7. What is the unspoken rule that Stephen's father breaks when Stephen visits the family after meeting the Prime Minister?

8. When Morely gives Stephen the book, what does it reveal about the government, subcommittees, and the actual research?

9. Why did Thelma move with Charles to the countryside?

10. How are Stephen's parents affected by the loss of Kate?

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