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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. Which of the following is Elsie wearing when she first meets Thomas?

2. For which of the following does Thomas apply to work?

3. With which of the following does Thomas’s introduction begin?

4. What sport does Aaron note Collin preferred prior to his impending fatherhood?

5. Which of the following books does Aaron note enjoying?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reasons does Me-Crazy have the sobriquet?

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

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

5. What does Aaron note he does with money he receives as gifts?

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

7. What complaints does Aaron have regarding the shirts Thomas makes available to him?

8. What advice does Eric report to Aaron their father would have given for approaching sex?

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

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

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

At one point, Aaron asks Thomas “You do know we aren’t in Queens, right?” (68). What stereotypes are being referenced by the question, what does the invocation of those stereotypes indicate about the characters concerned, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the novel’s attitude toward memory? What in the novel indicates as much? How does it do so?

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