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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. On which of the following streets does Kyle live after his Leteo procedure?

2. Which of the following suggests placing Aaron in a room of a particular color at the Leteo institute?

3. Which of the following affiliations does Aaron note is a likely cover for a Leteo worker?

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

5. Which of the following is the name of the proprietor of Comic Book Asylum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of the Legend of Iris game?

5. What happens when an 11-year-old Aaron plays tag with Brendan and Baby Freddy?

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

7. What failures as a parent does Elsie identify in herself?

8. What reasons does Elsie posit for her husband’s suicide?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 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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