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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 results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?
(a) He becomes seriously ill.
(b) He needs help to get out of the ditch.
(c) He plans a revenge.
(d) He talks his parents into taking him home.

2. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?
(a) imaginary adventures
(b) a team to make money
(c) a blood brother pact
(d) ways to meet girls

3. Who is Mike Flynn?
(a) The man Stephen's father works for.
(b) The man Stephen goes to work for.
(c) The man who buys Stephen's father's business.
(d) The man who who supervises Stephen's runs around the track.

4. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?
(a) He hides backstage.
(b) He looks for the girl.
(c) He goes to a cast party.
(d) He rushes off.

5. When does Stephen feel happy?
(a) only when he is alone
(b) only when he thinks of Mercedes
(c) only when he has a sweet to eat
(d) only when he sees the girl from the tram

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?

2. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?

3. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?

4. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?

5. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was in the verses Stephen wrote about the girl on the tram?

2. How does Stephen view his friend, Davin?

3. What does Stephen imagine about the girl named Emma?

4. Describe the conflict in Stephen as he leaves the director's office.

5. What happens to Stephen after being pushed into a water-filled ditch on a cold day?

6. How does Father Arnall explain the purpose of the retreat?

7. What is Stephen's impression of Clongowes Wood College?

8. Relate Mr. Casey's account of an argument with a lady.

9. Why does the rector come into Stephen's classroom?

10. Describe Stephen's first encounter with the girl on the tram.

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