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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 is the color on the walls of Aaron’s room at the Leteo institute?

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

4. Which of the following is Kyle’s girlfriend after his Leteo procedure?

5. Whom of the following does Thomas note wanting to attack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was “Happy Hour” for Kyle and his late brother?

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

4. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

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

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

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

8. What does Thomas report doing while Aaron was recovering from his assault?

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

10. What happens when Aaron first returns home after his assault by Me-Crazy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Evangeline remarks that sending postcards is a better way to keep in touch than email—broadly, that handwritten correspondence is better than electronic. Does the novel affirm or deny the remark? What in it indicates that affirmation or denial, and how does it indicate as much?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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