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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Kate lost?
(a) She gets stuck in a tornado.
(b) She disappears in a crowd.
(c) She gets lost under a gate.
(d) She is kidnapped.

2. Whose meeting does Stephen attend on Reading and Writing?
(a) The Official Commission on Education Subcommittee.
(b) The Official Commission on Child Care's Subcommittee.
(c) The Official Commission on Transportation Subcommittee.
(d) The Official Commission on Environment Subcommittee.

3. In Stephen's first story, what does a young man spend with two female cousins?
(a) A lot of money.
(b) A chest of gold.
(c) An idyllic summer.
(d) A winter.

4. In the new version of the book, what is crazed sex replaced by?
(a) Women crying.
(b) Men gambling.
(c) Hippies eating.
(d) Youngsters holding hands.

5. What is the name of the pub where Stephen goes after he gets Julie's note?
(a) The Alchemist.
(b) The Bell.
(c) The Foundry.
(d) The Mission.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stephen is worried that Kate might come when he is gone, what does his friend leave behind to comfort him?

2. What is one of Stephen's theories about Kate's disappearance?

3. Who does Stephen meet with at Gott who convinces him to change the genre of his book?

4. What is the reason given for the politician's resignation?

5. Who do(es) the person/people that Stephen sees in the window at the pub remind him of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julie deal with the loss of Kate by the end of Chapter 1?

2. What fear do the police instill in Stephen by mentioning the docks?

3. Why did Stephen take Kate to the market alone?

4. What happens when Stephen submits his first novel to Gott's?

5. How does Charles convince Stephen to publish the book as a children's one?

6. How does Julie initially cope with Kate's disappearance?

7. How does Stephen view the sex that he had with Julie in the months afterward?

8. What does Julie do that makes Stephen angry with Julie?

9. What is Stephen's first novel originally about before it becomes a children's book?

10. How does the young girl in yellow at the station interact with Stephen?

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