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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. About which of the following does Collin ask a 16-year-old Aaron in the school library?

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

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

4. Which of the following does Baby Freddy steal for Thomas’s birthday celebration?

5. Whom of the following visits Aaron at the Leteo Institute?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Skelzies played?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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