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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. In which of the following does Aaron note Leteo has a facility?

3. At which of the following does Aaron purchase a gift for Genevieve?

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

5. Which of the following gifts does Aaron purchase for Genevieve?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Aaron posit Leteo attracts as much resistance as it does?

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

4. What fate does Aaron note awaits the community center shirts he and his friends receive at Family Day?

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

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

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

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

9. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

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

Sibling relationships in the novel are presented with some tension. What effect does that tension have in the novel, and how does that effect present itself?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Silvera names a large number of intellectual properties common in popular culture; he also pointedly avoids naming others, using substitutes that make for clear reference without giving the name. What might the refusal to name some properties indicate, and what in the novel and in experience affirms that indication?

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