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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 does Thomas jokingly posit is Aaron’s secret?

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

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

5. To which of the following superheroes does Aaron compare himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

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

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

7. What explanation does Collin give for his romantic interest in a 16-year-old Aaron?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of More Happy than Not on the New York Times and other best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? 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

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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