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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. Where is Stephen summoned to talk to the officer that came to the subcommittee formally?

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

3. How does Stephen avoid an accident with the truck?

4. As Stephen thinks about what event, does he buy wrapping paper?

5. What is Stephen able to do that makes the truck driver extremely grateful to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Stephen want to get out of the Prime Minister's car?

5. What does Stephen realize after going to the school and not finding Kate?

6. When Stephen rescues the truck driver, how does the man respond?

7. How does Stephen spend Kate's birthday?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 Prime Minister and Charles are two important characters that interact and experience a secret relationship together.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that the Prime Minister had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Charles had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why? What happens to each character?

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