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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. Aaron notes his apartment has the smell of which of the following?

2. To whom of the following does Aaron compare himself?

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

4. Which of the following is the noted period of play for a game of manhunt?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Aaron give for calling Brendan his “sort of best friend” (5)?

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

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

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

7. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

8. What value does Aaron ascribe to having been asked out?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fathers are notably scarce in the novel. Even those depicted are treated minimally. What effect does the scarcity 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

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?

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