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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. When did the peak of the pianist and Jean's relationship occur?

2. How old was Alison when the family left New York?

3. What was the author in constant fear of in Chapter 4?

4. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?

5. Where was the author's apartment in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, who does the author narrate having a frightening encounter with?

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

5. What does the author say interrupted his life, in the prologue?

6. Describe what happened to the author when he went with Tobey's family.

7. Where does the author describe the place where he attended school, in Chapter 1?

8. Where did Dagmar and Donald go together?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Conroy's view of anarchy is paradoxical to the definition of anarchy and use some examples of the events in "Stop-Time" to support his definition.

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