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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Ligget?
(a) The author's pet dog.
(b) A boy who was put on "trial" by the other boys.
(c) A frog.
(d) The name of the school gym.

2. What does the author feel is necessary to be interrupted?
(a) Incorrect grammar.
(b) The order of life.
(c) The order of the universe.
(d) People speaking.

3. What was the name of the experimental boarding school the author attended in Chapter 1?
(a) Freemount.
(b) Freedman.
(c) Freemont.
(d) Freeman.

4. How old was Alison when the family left New York?
(a) 17 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 20 years old.

5. What does the author describe in the prologue?
(a) His house.
(b) His dreams.
(c) His job.
(d) His peaceful and productive country life.

6. Where was the author's apartment in Chapter 5?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) Ft. Lauderdale.

7. What was the atmosphere like at the experimental boarding school, according to the author?
(a) Playful and artsy.
(b) Rigid.
(c) Strict and stern.
(d) One with academic and personal feedom.

8. What did the author and Tobey compete in, in Chapter 6?
(a) Home run derby.
(b) Ring Toss.
(c) A race.
(d) A hot dog eating contest.

9. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?
(a) Made him never drink alcohol.
(b) Changed his view of the world.
(c) Made him quit smoking.
(d) Made him a better man.

10. What did the author fear about Southbury Training School?
(a) The attendants.
(b) The people that lived there and the attendants.
(c) The people that lived there.
(d) The hallways.

11. According to Chapter 4, why did the author have to go to the location he did?
(a) For his parents' work.
(b) To clear his head.
(c) For his mom's doctor.
(d) For his doctor.

12. What purpose does the initial introduction to "Stop-Time's" supporting characters serve for other chapters?
(a) Gives a partial perspective, in which they unfold later in the text in great detail.
(b) Supports the author's initial character.
(c) Gives background information on the author.
(d) Takes away from the author's main purpose for having them in the text.

13. What other memory does the author also narrate at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Going fishing.
(b) A near death experience.
(c) A frightening encounter with Jean's alcoholic brother.
(d) A conversation he had with his mom.

14. What are Chapters 2 and 3 examples of in relation to most autobiographies?
(a) It is of the author's persepctive.
(b) A deeper insight to other people's feelings.
(c) A broader narrative over a personal one.
(d) A more personal narrative over a braoder one.

15. Where did the author go with Tobey and his family in Chapter 6?
(a) The beach.
(b) A county fair.
(c) To dinner.
(d) The mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author confronted by a teacher at Southbury?

2. How long did the pianist live in the author's mom's apartment?

3. What did the author pretend to do on the car ride home in Chapter 6?

4. Where did the author go the day he parted with his friend in Chapter 3?

5. Where does the prologue take place?

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