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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 a reason Aaron notes the video quality of the movie he watches at Thomas’s home is poor?

2. Which of the following does Aaron note present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?

3. Which of the following is a category on Thomas’s life chart?

4. Which of the following is the listed phone number for the Leteo Institute?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What reasons does Thomas give for disappointment in his former theater job?

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

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

10. What reasons does Aaron note for being reluctant to discuss his father’s suicide, even as he first discusses the matter with Thomas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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