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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 think women are torn between doing, which makes them suffer?
(a) Motherhood and careers.
(b) Fighting and peace.
(c) Cooking and cleaning.
(d) Love and life.

2. Where does Julie spend most of her time mourning the loss of Kate?
(a) Under the house.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In a chair.
(d) In bed.

3. What does Julie do with Kate's possessions one day?
(a) Bags them up.
(b) Throws them away.
(c) Burns them.
(d) Paints them.

4. Who cannot discuss Kate's disappearance?
(a) Julie and Kristen.
(b) Kristen and Claire.
(c) Stephen and Mark.
(d) Stephen and Julie.

5. What is one of Stephen's theories about Kate's disappearance?
(a) She was taken to replace a lost child.
(b) She was taken to replace a stillborn child.
(c) She was taken to replace a desired child.
(d) She was taken to replace a dead child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephen fail to look for when he is frantically looking for Kate?

2. In what genre does the editor of Gott suggest putting Stephen's first book?

3. Where is it hinted that Kate might be found dead?

4. After the incident with Kate's possessions, what does Julie do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Stephen look for Kate when she disappears?

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

4. How is Stephen Lewis described in Chapter 1?

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

6. What makes Stephen feel like a prosperous dad at the market?

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

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

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

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

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