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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. Who does Stephen feel sorry for at the Darke House when he leaves?
(a) Mark.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Charles.
(d) Louise.

2. What does the driver of the truck want Stephen to do for him?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Save his bag.
(c) Write 2 notes.
(d) Pull him out.

3. Why did Stephen's family move a lot when he was a kid?
(a) There was a famine.
(b) There was a war.
(c) They were in the military.
(d) They were poor.

4. Where does Stephen's car end up as he avoids the accident with the truck?
(a) Over a cliff.
(b) In a haystack.
(c) In the ditch.
(d) In a meadow.

5. Where did Stephen enjoy going to school and playing outside as a child?
(a) Argentina.
(b) England.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen think have similarities and should be paid attention to in education for children?

2. Who does Stephen want to tell about the committee and the book but is too tired to talk to him?

3. What does Stephen talk to Thelma about at the house after he has seen Charles play with the slingshot?

4. What does Stephen continue to work on, especially regarding Julie?

5. When do meetings resume at the subcommittee that Stephen is glad to attend so he will have some structure to his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stephen survive the crash with the truck?

2. What happens when Stephen demands that the chauffeur stop the car?

3. How does Stephen spend Kate's birthday?

4. Why does the young man at the subcommittee meeting believe that learning written languages at an early age is not a good idea?

5. How does Stephen work through his feelings about Julie and her leaving him?

6. When Stephen talks about his bicycle memory near the sea, how do his parents respond?

7. What is the unspoken rule that Stephen's father breaks when Stephen visits the family after meeting the Prime Minister?

8. How does Stephen respond to the Prime Minister's secretary's request for a second meeting?

9. When Morely gives Stephen the book, what does it reveal about the government, subcommittees, and the actual research?

10. Why does the handbook excerpt say that it is acceptable to bribe children for good behavior?

(see the answer keys)

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