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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. What makes Micah’s “brain feel fractured” (21)?

2. What is the name of Micah’s company?

3. With whom does Brink feel a kinship, as explained on page 31?

4. Why does Micah email the tenants in Chapter 3?

5. What does Micah fix for Yolanda in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Cass, and what troubles her in Chapter 1?

2. Who or what is the redhead on the side of the road, as explained in Chapter 2?

3. Who is Brink, and why has he come to see Micah in Chapter 2?

4. What happens when Brink returns to Micah’s apartment later in Chapter 2?

5. How does Micah earn a living, as explained in Chapter 1?

6. Who is Yolanda? What do Micah’s interactions with her in Chapter 1 reveal about his character?

7. Why do Brink and Micah argue in Chapter 3? What is the result of this argument?

8. Discuss Micah’s time in college and what it illustrates about his character.

9. Who is Ada, and what does she tell Micah in Chapter 3?

10. What unusual act of anger does Micah display at the end of Chapter 3? What prompts this behavior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the status of Micah’s relationship with Cass at the end of the novel? What makes you say this? Answer, supporting your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Micah and Brink. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Micah changes over the course of the novel. In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same? By the novel’s end, is he better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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