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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. At which of the following parks does Genevieve ask Aaron out?

2. As which of the following does Thomas initially refer to Aaron?

3. Which of the following sports does Aaron note Baby Freddy prefers?

4. Which of the following does Thomas note inspires his life chart?

5. In which of the following grades does Thomas note having begun to keep a journal?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Aaron note Baby Freddy is disallowed from being the hunter in games of manhunt?

2. What reasons does Aaron give for wanting to avoid shooting fireworks from roofs?

3. What does Aaron anticipate on Genevieve’s return from New Orleans?

4. What hopes for the reader does Thomas express in her introduction to the novel?

5. How does Aaron contrast Genevieve’s comfort and his friends’ in the wake of his father’s death?

6. What admonishment does Elsie give Thomas as she allows Aaron to go to his home to watch a movie?

7. Why does Thomas note his high school track field is a place of importance for him?

8. What job duties does Aaron note performing the morning after he and Genevieve first have sex?

9. What reasons does Aaron give for calling Brendan his “sort of best friend” (5)?

10. For what does Aaron initially mistake the Leteo Institute’s offerings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas comments, “Doctors should work on erasing clowns. Period,” echoing Aaron’s distaste (86). What function does the seemingly throw-away comment serve, and how does it serve that function?

Essay Topic 2

That Aaron is the protagonist of the novel is clear. What character is next most important in the novel? What makes a character important? How does the chosen character meet that standard? What does it signify that the character does so, and how does that significance manifest?

Essay Topic 3

Evangeline remarks that sending postcards is a better way to keep in touch than email—broadly, that handwritten correspondence is better than electronic. Does the novel affirm or deny the remark? What in it indicates that affirmation or denial, and how does it indicate as much?

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