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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 Collin usually orders?

2. As whom of the following characters does Aaron prefer to play?

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

4. On which of the following days does Aaron have an appointment with Leteo?

5. Which of the following is the name of Collin’s girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Skelzies played?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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