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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 Thomas jokingly posit is Aaron’s secret?

2. As whom of the following characters does Aaron prefer to play?

3. On which of the following days does Aaron have an appointment with Leteo?

4. Which of the following does Aaron note Collin usually orders?

5. Which of the following does Aaron lend to Collin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aaron note as his initial reasons for starting his Sun Warden comic?

2. How does Aaron explain having been nice to Collin while visiting Comic Book Asylum with Thomas?

3. How is Skelzies played?

4. When Aaron goes to collect Thomas for his birthday party, how does he find him?

5. At the flea market, what does Aaron note *wanting* rather than *needing*?

6. How does Aaron describe the experience of waking after having been assaulted by Me-Crazy?

7. How does a 16-year-old Aaron describe Collin when he joins him in the school library?

8. What reasons does Thomas give for leaving off the idea of becoming a director?

9. What happens when Aaron first returns home after his assault by Me-Crazy?

10. What body part does Aaron note is a good target for attack, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If there is a single, overarching message or discourse or moral to the novel, what is it? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What effect does the unnumbered and unnamed section at the beginning of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, have on the reader? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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