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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. To whom of the following does Brendan refer Aaron for information about sex?

2. Which of the following is the name of Eric’s online gaming group?

3. Which of the following receives a “shout-out” in the front matter?

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

5. Which of the following sports does Aaron note Baby Freddy prefers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

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

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

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

Suicide attempts, successful and not, loom large in Silvera’s novel. What purpose might the inclusion of such material serve in the text? What in the text indicates that purpose, and how does it do so?

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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