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Unlike many other science fiction short stories, I found "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar, very interesting and very cleverly written. In some ways this story is written almost as a threat or a reality slap. The story is about a typical family living in a typical house living a typical life. In the Jordan's there is Mr. Jordan, Mrs. Jordan and their son Dickie Jordan. It is Dickie's 12th birthday and he has huge expectations for his day of celebration but when he comes to the breakfast table there is an awkwardness he does not understand. Tensions are mounting from the very start of the story; it gets us asking questions even in the first sentence. "The Jordan's never spoke of the exam..." this entices the reader to read on. Dickie is to have a test that all children have shortly after their 12th birthday. Having heard nothing about this exam, Dickie...

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