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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. Whose son is the star of his soccer team?

2. Who weighs over 300 pounds?

3. How is Andrew different from Mike's other friends?

4. Why does Goble buy a new truck?

5. Whose daughter potty trains herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Goble hire to do landscaping on his properties?

2. What new business venture does Mike pursue?

3. How does Mike lose two teeth?

4. Where are Tino's wife and kids?

5. Why do Mike and Andrew protest at a strip mall?

6. Why does Mike get pulled over by a cop?

7. Why does Mike take Nate to the doctor?

8. What does Goble like about Mike?

9. How much does Nate weigh?

10. What does Piggot offer Mike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the concept of queerness in the novel. How is queerness handled in the novel via its characters and their understandings of queerness? What message do you think Evison is trying to present regarding queerness? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Mike's realization that he is gay. How does he come to this major realization, and how he does feel about it? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the various settings of the book. Choose one particular setting and describe its significance to the characters and the story as a whole. Why is this setting important to the novel? Use examples from the text as support.

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