Exploring Themes in 'Stop the Sun' by Gary Paulsen

What is the main issue that Terry Erickson is dealing with regarding his father?

• His father's strange behavior linked to the Vietnam War.

• His father's financial problems.

• His father's new job.

• His father's health issues unrelated to the war.

What does Terry's mother call his father's condition?

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Vietnam Syndrome

• War Fatigue

• Combat Stress Reaction

What does Terry do to try to understand his father's condition?

• He ignores the problem.

• He visits a doctor.

• He talks to his friends.

• He reads books and asks his history teacher.

What happens to Terry's father at the shopping mall?

• He gets lost.

• He buys a lot of unnecessary items.

• He has a public breakdown and crawls on the floor.

• He argues with a store owner.

How does Terry feel when he sees his father crawling on the floor?

• Indifferent

• Proud

• Amused

• Embarrassed

What does Terry decide to do after the incident at the mall?

• Move out of the house.

• Confront his father about Vietnam.

• Ignore his father.

• Talk to his mother.

How does Terry's father initially react when Terry brings up Vietnam?

• He leaves the room.

• He starts crying.

• He refuses sharply.

• He is eager to talk.

What does Terry's father reveal about his experience in Vietnam?

• He experienced a traumatic event where he was the only survivor.

• He was never in any danger.

• He made many friends.

• He enjoyed his time there.

What does Terry realize about understanding his father's trauma?

• It doesn't matter at all.

• He can easily understand it.

• He will never fully understand it.

• His father is exaggerating.

What commitment does Terry make at the end of the story?

• To never talk about Vietnam again.

• To try to understand his father and not be embarrassed by him.

• To leave his family.

• To seek professional help for himself.