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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 for sale at the flea market?

2. Which of the following beers does Thomas drink with Aaron?

3. Which of the following does Thomas jokingly posit is Aaron’s secret?

4. To whom of the following is the package bound that Aaron takes to the post office?

5. Which of the following does Eric call a nine-year-old Aaron?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influence from his friends on how he treats romantic partners does Aaron cite?

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

3. What activities does Aaron muse that Genevieve will not share with him but that Thomas does?

4. What is the cover story told to Kyle to explain his family having moved?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What signs does a 15-year-old Aaron receive from Genevieve about her attraction to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What function does the front matter serve for the novel? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the novel’s attitude toward memory? What in the novel indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The novel sketches out a process for selection to the Leteo procedure. What is that process; what is its purpose; and is the process sufficient to address that purpose? How or how not?

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