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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. What does Stephen receive for his first book as encouragement to change the genre?
(a) A promotion.
(b) A big check.
(c) A new house.
(d) A note of praise.

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

3. Who helps Stephen get out of his house after Kate disappears?
(a) Charles.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Chiltern.
(d) Julie.

4. When does Stephen head out to see Julie in Chapter 3?
(a) Mid-August.
(b) Mid-June.
(c) Mid-July.
(d) Mid-October.

5. Whose life is Stephen's first story loosely based on, at the age of eleven?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Mark.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Turner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen wonder if he did too soon with Julie?

2. What does Julie do with Kate's possessions one day?

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

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

5. Where does Julie work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Stephen's memory about bicycles that he wants to remember with his family, and why does it bring about some fear and regret in him?

3. When Julie came back from Chilterns, why were she and Stephen only able to stay together briefly?

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

5. How does Hashish become Lemonade?

6. What does Stephen see at The Bell, and how does it affect him?

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

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

9. How did Thelma help Stephen during his struggle with Kate's disappearance?

10. How is Kate attired the day she is missing?

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