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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does the initial introduction to "Stop-Time's" supporting characters serve for other chapters?

2. What does the author mention his life was often interrupted by, in the prologue?

3. Where did the author take refuge after he and Tobey stopped exploring together?

4. When did the author and Tobey begin to explore the English language's crudities?

5. What did the author fear about Southbury Training School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe that he and Tobey found together as kids?

2. Where did Dagmar and Donald go together?

3. In Chapter 2, why did the author and his family move, and what did they do?

4. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

5. When and who did the author visit in Florida?

6. What did Jean realize he needed in order to make money in Florida in Chapter 2?

7. Where did the author go at the end of Chapter 7?

8. What did the author notice about Jean in the long drive in Chapter 3?

9. Describe the author's writing style in the first chapter.

10. What do Chapters 4 and 5 represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Conroy suggests about his school and the higher the class in the building meant to him. What is his metaphor in the school building's description?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain when the reader of "Stop-Time" is able to get a context of when the events of the novel take place in relation to the present day context of the author's life.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss how Conroy presents his experiences with Tobey as childlike fun, but then begins to change his tone when remembering his more sexually related events and how this is congruent with his coming of age.

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