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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 did Stephen do more of than he planned to on the birthday?
2. Who do Stephen's parents encourage him to forget?
3. Who does Stephen think is Kate at the school?
4. What does the headmaster think Stephen could be?
5. Why did Stephen's family move a lot when he was a kid?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the chauffeur arrives to pick up Stephen, how does he respond to Stephen's comments about the ragged car?
2. What does Stephen say about writing and music and early childhood education at the subcommittee meeting?
3. How does Stephen respond to the Prime Minister's secretary's request for a second meeting?
4. How does Stephen survive the crash with the truck?
5. How does the headmaster respond when Stephen tells his story about Kate?
6. When Stephen rescues the truck driver, how does the man respond?
7. When Stephen talks about his bicycle memory near the sea, how do his parents respond?
8. What does Stephen discover about Charles when Thelma gives him directions to where Charles is in the woods?
9. Why does the young man at the subcommittee meeting believe that learning written languages at an early age is not a good idea?
10. What does Stephen realize after going to the school and not finding Kate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
McEwan uses more than one iteration on the theme of disappointment. Identify at least two characters who either embody or experience disappointment then cite an example to support your answers.
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