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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. When the chauffeur refuses to stop, what does Stephen do?
2. What does Stephen refused to attend with the Prime Minister on the second call?
3. What kind of vehicle arrives to pick up Stephen to meet the Prime Minister?
4. What does Stephen think might be a reason that Julie left the relationship?
5. Where does Stephen sit in the car that comes to pick him up for his meeting with the Prime Minister?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Thelma move with Charles to the countryside?
2. How does Stephen survive the crash with the truck?
3. What does Stephen say about writing and music and early childhood education at the subcommittee meeting?
4. When Morely gives Stephen the book, what does it reveal about the government, subcommittees, and the actual research?
5. When the secretary insists that Stephen meet with the Prime Minister, how does he respond?
6. How does Stephen respond to the Prime Minister's secretary's request for a second meeting?
7. What did Stephen become interested in when his mother had insisted that he take a nap in the middle of the day as a child?
8. What does Stephen purchase for Kate's birthday and what does it signify to him?
9. When Stephen rescues the truck driver, how does the man respond?
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
Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by calling the book The Child In Time? Cite an example to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Thelma. What is her role in the story? What was McEwan trying to accomplish by creating Thelma's character in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Love is a recurring theme in The Child In Time. How does Julie's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has she expanded her awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for Julie? How does her feelings for Stephen develop and change and how does her relationship with him contrast with that of other men that she has had romantic or an idealized relationship with?
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