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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. How did the author charm the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?

2. What did the second person the author hitchhiked with dream of being?

3. What did the author learn about his mother as he was writing his entrance exams for college?

4. What did the author see that suddenly made him sexually energized in Chapter 10?

5. What was Dagmar doing when she made her confirmation to the author in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the author contemplate doing the summer they returned to New York in Chapter 9?

3. What was the latest money making idea Jean had in Chapter 9?

4. Who did the author meet on the boat in Chapter 17?

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

6. What does the author describe at Chapter 10's conclusion?

7. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?

8. What did the friend patronize the author about in Chapter 13?

9. Describe the author's experience hitch-hiking.

10. Who was born in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the author's recollections in his writing display a gained insight from the time the events actually took place to the time in which he writes "Stop-Time" by using some examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss Conroy's purpose for switching from present to past tenses throughout his memories in "Stop-Time".

Essay Topic 3

Detail the significance of the author's patronizing friend he recalls in Chapter 13 to his life and the role Dagmar played in this event.

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