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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the author in constant fear of in Chapter 4?
(a) Being in the dark.
(b) Being left alone.
(c) Being eaten.
(d) Being killed.

2. How did the author feel about their arrival in Chapter 4?
(a) He was excited.
(b) He was anxious.
(c) He was scared.
(d) He dreaded it.

3. How did Jean plan to make money in Chapter 3?
(a) Selling hunting gear.
(b) Renting his house out.
(c) Charging for private lessons on horseback riding.
(d) Cab rides.

4. What did the author pretend to do on the car ride home in Chapter 6?
(a) Be happy.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sing.
(d) Be mad.

5. What does the prologue offer the reader?
(a) An excuse to read more.
(b) A sense of the author as a human being.
(c) A background on the author's family.
(d) Describe's the author's visions.

6. How long did the pianist live in the author's mom's apartment?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

8. Who does the author remember at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) His first house.
(b) His mother.
(c) His first wife.
(d) His father.

9. Where were the series of joke items purchased that were played on Jean by the pianist?
(a) A novelty store.
(b) Wal-Mart.
(c) The grovery store.
(d) The movie theater.

10. What was the prize for the competition the author and Tobey competed in?
(a) A silver pistol.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) Cotton candy.
(d) Free tickets to other rides at the carnival.

11. What does the author describe being blurred in the final section of Chapter 1?
(a) The author's perspective.
(b) The author's vision.
(c) The author's opinion.
(d) The author's memory and present life.

12. How does Chapter 7 end?
(a) With a narration about a bike ride.
(b) With the author running away.
(c) With a fight between Jean and Dagmar.
(d) With a fight between Tobey and the author.

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

14. How was the author treated by one of the teachers at Southbury?
(a) With adoration.
(b) With hostility.
(c) With loathing.
(d) With contempt.

15. How does the author describe Jean and Dagmar when he leaves them to go with Tobey's family in Chapter 6?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Quarreling.
(c) Bickering.
(d) Kissing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe in the final section of Chapter 1?

2. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. What did the person who told the author he lost force him to do in Chapter 6?

4. What has the author gained between the time he writes about these events to the time in which they actually took place?

5. How old was the author when his father died?

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