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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 was the author habitually late for in Chapter 10?

2. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?

3. What transformation did Dagmar go through in Chapter 11?

4. What did the author contemplate doing after the fruit stand failed in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chapter 10 narrate?

2. Who was born in Chapter 11?

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

4. Why did the author avoid going home for dinner after school in Chapter 13?

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

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

7. Describe what happened between Jean and Dagmar while the author was in Europe.

8. Where did the author attend school in Europe?

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

10. What was the author threatened with in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the title of Chapter 16, "Losing My Cherry", to the events of the chapter and how the events of the chapter are another transition from one phase of life to the next, proving Conroy's maturation.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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