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“Test” by Theodore Thomas

“Test” by Theodore Thomas. By: Brenna Sigai & Brooke Chaffinch. Writer’s Background. Name: Theodore Lockard Thomas Born in New York City on April 13, 1920 Died on September 24 2005. Writer’s other works. “ The Far Look” August 1956 “Ceramic Incident”, October 1956

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“Test” by Theodore Thomas

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  1. “Test” by Theodore Thomas By: Brenna Sigai & Brooke Chaffinch

  2. Writer’s Background • Name: Theodore LockardThomas • Born in New York City on April 13, 1920 • Died on September 24 2005

  3. Writer’s other works • “ The Far Look” August 1956 • “Ceramic Incident”, October 1956 • “The Innocents’ Refuge”, May 1957 • These are just a few of the stories Thomas has written

  4. Summary of “Test” • Robert Proctor is driving along a turnpike with his mother on a nice sunny day. All of a sudden a blue convertible pulls out in front of their car and they end up in oncoming traffic. There is a truck that is coming straight toward them. Robert becomes fixed upon the girl in the passenger sit who is asleep. Robert then awakens as if he was in a dream. He is told he took the last part of the drivers test and to sign the paper to receive his license. But in reality he signed himself over to a mental institution.

  5. Technical Details of “Test” • Setting: A Car; Office • Characters: Robert Proctor; uniformed man. • Third person point of view. • Plot Structure: Freytag's Pyramid. • Theme: Humans never know what is real and what is not.

  6. Significant Quotes: • “We hypnotized you to make you think you were in an accident” = Science fiction style.

  7. Special Topics • Thomas writes under other pen names • He collaborated with other authors • Thomas has been nominated for some awards .

  8. References • . "Interactive Literature Selections The Test." Reader's Resource. EMCParadigm. Web. 22 Oct 2012. <http://www.emcp.com/product_catalog/school/litLink/Grade09/U12-04thetest/>. • . N.p.. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_L._Thomas>. • Thomas, Theodore. "Test." . N.p.. Web. 22 Oct 2012. <http://schools.ednet.ns.ca/avrsb/708/j_marsh/Grade9ShortStoryUnit/Gr.9ELA/Short Stories/Test.htm>.

  9. Assessment • After reading “Test”, do you believe that Robert Proctor should have been taken away to a mental institution?

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