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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 books does Aaron note enjoying?
2. Which of the following smells does Aaron note in Genevieve’s bedroom?
3. Which of the following books does Aaron note enjoying?
4. At which of the following ages does Aaron report Brendan became sexually active?
5. Which of the following is Elsie wearing when she first meets Thomas?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reasons does Me-Crazy have the sobriquet?
2. What reasons does Aaron note for being reluctant to discuss his father’s suicide, even as he first discusses the matter with Thomas?
3. What reasons does Aaron give for calling Brendan his “sort of best friend” (5)?
4. What does Aaron anticipate on Genevieve’s return from New Orleans?
5. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?
6. Why does Thomas note his high school track field is a place of importance for him?
7. For what does Aaron initially mistake the Leteo Institute’s offerings?
8. What reasons does Thomas give for disappointment in his former theater job?
9. What value does Aaron ascribe to having been asked out?
10. What does Aaron note he does with money he receives as gifts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What effect does the unnumbered and unnamed section at the beginning of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, have on the reader? How is the effect achieved?
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
To what extent is the milieu of More Happy than Not dystopian? What in the novel and in experience bears out that assertion? How does it do so?
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