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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 descriptions matches Aaron’s Skelzies cap?

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

3. Whom of the following is Aaron told is arrested?

4. Which of the following games is suggested at Thomas’s birthday party?

5. Which of the following does Aaron give to Thomas for his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

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

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

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

5. How is Skelzies played?

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

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

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

9. What does Aaron note are his reasons for feeling warm after giving Thomas a gift at his birthday party?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas remarks, “I think we’ll be screwed trying to figure out why [his and Aaron’s fathers] ditched us without explanation” (104). Is the remark accurate? What in the novel and in experience suggests that it is or is not. How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Thomas comments, “Doctors should work on erasing clowns. Period,” echoing Aaron’s distaste (86). What function does the seemingly throw-away comment serve, and how does it serve that function?

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