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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 did the author's mother do upon her return home in Chapter 13?

2. What happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?

3. What was the name of the game the author created with his friends in Denmark?

4. What did the author blurt out to another person in Chapter 15?

5. Who was the first person the author hitchhiked with in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was born in Chapter 11?

2. What did Dagmar do upon her return home from Denmark?

3. Why did the author decide to return home after running away?

4. Describe what was significant about the day at work in Chapter 10?

5. Where did the author travel during the spring, and what did he find out there in Chapter 19?

6. What did Dagmar confirm to the author after his friend patronized him?

7. Where did the author attend school in Europe?

8. What were the author's jobs when he was 16 years old living in Florida?

9. Who did the author live with after Dagmar left?

10. Where was the author going in Chapter 17?

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

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.

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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