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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. With whom of the following does Aaron note Eric is playing cards?

2. Whom of the following hides under cars in games of manhunt?

3. To which of the following does Thomas compare Aaron’s apartment?

4. To whom of the following does Brendan refer Aaron for information about sex?

5. Which of the following is the name of Eric’s online gaming group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Aaron give for liking summer in his neighborhood?

2. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

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

4. How does Aaron regard Thomas’s progress through career ideas?

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

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

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

8. What does Thomas note liking about Aaron after noting a bad birthday experience to him?

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

10. How does Aaron compare watching a movie with Thomas to time at a beach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of More Happy than Not on the New York Times and other best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Thomas repeatedly asserts “no homo” in his interactions with Aaron. Why might he be at pains to do so? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Thomas remarks, “I think we’ll be screwed trying to figure out why [his and Aaron’s fathers] ditched us without explanation” (104). Is the remark accurate? What in the novel and in experience suggests that it is or is not. How does it do so?

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