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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 does Stephen travel to see Julie?

2. What is one of Stephen's theories about Kate's disappearance?

3. Although he did not pay at the market, what was bagged up for Stephen?

4. What is Stephen's first book called, originally?

5. What does Stephen receive for his first book as encouragement to change the genre?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is important to Lord Parmenter in meetings?

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

5. What is Stephen hopeful for as he waits for Julie?

6. What does Julie do that makes Stephen angry with Julie?

7. How did Charles make the move into politics?

8. How does Hashish become Lemonade?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Child In Time is written primarily in the third-person point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective?

Essay Topic 2

The government plays a pivotal role in maintaining the status quo and upholding certain expectations of etiquette and power dynamics. Who epitomizes this in The Child In Time? Who questions this? How is rebellion expressed and how is it squashed?

Essay Topic 3

The Child In Time is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery to establish connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic. The author uses these imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this dystopian novel.

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