Assess students' ability to compose a 900–1,200-word short story that uses stream-of-consciousness narration, an unreliable narrator, and deliberate intertextual echoes of a canonical work to create a nuanced exploration of identity and memory. The task tests sustained control of voice and rhythm, coherent thematic development amid associative or fragmented syntax, temporal and mnemonic structuring, purposeful allusion (clearly indicated to avoid plagiarism), characterisation through interiority, and craft choices that balance experimental form with reader intelligibility. Evaluate narrative voice, technique (syntax, pacing, temporal shifts), thematic depth, intertextual function, and revision-readiness. Suitable for Grade 9–12 advanced creative-writing assessment.