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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. What is the reason given for the politician's resignation?

2. On whom does Stephen compile research for his theories about Kate's disappearance?

3. Who invites Stephen to her house on Eaton Square after the resignation?

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

5. What was Stephen doing when Kate disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is important to Lord Parmenter in meetings?

2. 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?

3. How does Charles convince Stephen to publish the book as a children's one?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Julie deal with the loss of Kate by the end of Chapter 1?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McEwan uses more than one iteration on the motif of children's education. Identify at least two motifs about children's education in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 2

The Child In Time is a classic dystopian novel. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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