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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 is Stephen supposed to do with the book?
(a) Copy it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Leak the contents to the press.
(d) Give it away for free.

2. Where is Stephen's mother sitting when she realizes that she wants to keep her child?
(a) An office.
(b) A pub.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A cellar.

3. What does Stephen start to learn in addition to playing tennis regularly?
(a) How to cook.
(b) A new language.
(c) Music.
(d) How to forgive.

4. In what area does Stephen notice a girl at a school and demand that the chauffeur stop so he can get out?
(a) The front steps.
(b) The classroom.
(c) The playground.
(d) The bus.

5. What does Stephen take while Charles retires at the house?
(a) A call.
(b) A bath.
(c) A book to read.
(d) A smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the truck driver's name?

2. By depriving a child of the written word, what does Stephen fear a child will lose?

3. Where is Stephen driving when he sees a truck skid in front of him?

4. In what kind of a room is the subcommittee's meeting on education held?

5. What book does Stephen find Charles has in his possession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Stephen's experience in Africa as a child?

2. When the secretary insists that Stephen meet with the Prime Minister, how does he respond?

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

4. How does Stephen spend Kate's birthday?

5. What did Stephen become interested in when his mother had insisted that he take a nap in the middle of the day as a child?

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

7. Why did Thelma move with Charles to the countryside?

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

9. Why does the driver of the truck want Stephen to write down two notes?

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

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