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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 does Aaron note is present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?
2. What sport does Aaron note Collin preferred prior to his impending fatherhood?
3. To whom of the following does Aaron compare himself?
4. Which of the following times does Aaron note is the common curfew for children in his area?
5. Which of the following does Aaron note present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What job duties does Aaron note performing the morning after he and Genevieve first have sex?
2. What advice does Eric report to Aaron their father would have given for approaching sex?
3. What value does Aaron ascribe to having been asked out?
4. Why does Thomas note his high school track field is a place of importance for him?
5. What complaints does Aaron have regarding the shirts Thomas makes available to him?
6. What reasons does Aaron give for calling Brendan his “sort of best friend” (5)?
7. How does Aaron contrast Genevieve’s comfort and his friends’ in the wake of his father’s death?
8. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?
9. What reasons does Aaron give for wanting to avoid shooting fireworks from roofs?
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
Aaron comments through much of the text on the lack of money in his household. At the same time, the family is supplied with gaming systems and other luxuries. How, therefore, does the novel define poverty? What in the text supports the definition? How does the text support that definition?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Attention is paid to Genevieve’s artwork, much of which is described as following surrealist tropes. What significance attaches to Genevieve’s working in that genre, and how does the text indicate that significance?
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