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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Stephen's daughter when she goes missing?
2. Who gets angry with Julie for what she does with Kate's possessions one day?
3. Who invites Stephen to her house on Eaton Square after the resignation?
4. How does Stephen travel to see Julie?
5. By overcoming what they find difficult to learn, what can children achieve, according to the young man at the committee?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Julie described in Chapter 1?
2. How does Hashish become Lemonade?
3. How does the young girl in yellow at the station interact with Stephen?
4. Why are Stephen and Julie still at odds even after having sex?
5. What fear do the police instill in Stephen by mentioning the docks?
6. 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?
7. How does Stephen look for Kate when she disappears?
8. How did Charles make the move into politics?
9. How does Julie deal with the loss of Kate by the end of Chapter 1?
10. Why did Stephen take Kate to the market alone?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the power of the press in The Child in Time. Is the press objective? Why or why not? What kind of media bias do they reveal? How are they influenced?
Essay Topic 2
McEwan uses more than one iteration on the motif of grief and loss. Identify at least two motifs about grief and loss in the book. Then, cite an example to support each answer.
Essay Topic 3
In The Child In Time, Stephen appears to travel through time seamlessly. Time and space have more ambiguous boundaries? What do you think of the way time and space are portrayed in The Child In Time? Which aspects do you find more or less appealing? How does this relate to the past and memories? How does this affect future events?
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