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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's father encourage Stephen to return to doing?
(a) Playing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Exercising.
(d) Writing.

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

3. What does Stephen talk to Thelma about at the house after he has seen Charles play with the slingshot?
(a) His ability.
(b) His regression.
(c) His focus.
(d) His fear.

4. Where is Stephen driving when he sees a truck skid in front of him?
(a) Jan's house.
(b) Julie's house.
(c) Charles' house.
(d) Mark's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is Stephen supposed to meet the Prime Minister and be picked up for a ride?

3. How does Stephen avoid an accident with the truck?

4. What does Stephen ask Thelma if she has made any progress upon?

5. What does Stephen NOT buy at the toy store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen say about writing and music and early childhood education at the subcommittee meeting?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Stephen discover about Charles when Thelma gives him directions to where Charles is in the woods?

9. Why does Stephen want to get out of the Prime Minister's car?

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

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