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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 see Thomas and Genevieve eating together?

2. Which of the following does a 16-year-old Aaron read in the school library?

3. Which of the following is described as “the happiest animal in the world” (196)?

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

5. Which of the following does Aaron use to describe Me-Crazy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

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

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

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

8. What reasons are cited for Thomas thinking Genevieve a witch?

9. How is Skelzies played?

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

Attention is paid to Genevieve’s artwork, much of which is described as following surrealist tropes. What significance attaches to Genevieve’s working in that genre, and how does the text indicate that significance?

Essay Topic 2

If there is a single, overarching message or discourse or moral to the novel, what is it? What in the text 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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