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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. At the start of Chapter 5, the narrator hypothesizes how much time would pass before Micah would notice the lack of people?

2. Whom does Micah email at the end of Chapter 4?

3. What does Rosalie suggest Micah do in Chapter 6?

4. What rules does Micah believe women are especially good at keeping?

5. When Micah reflects on his breakup with Lorna, he recalls a friend seeing Lorna do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ada and Micah differ? Discuss Ada and Micah’s contrasting opinions on acceptance in Chapter 4.

2. In Chapter 5, what does Micah learn about the discrepancy between the real and the imagined Lorna?

3. What action does Micah take at the end of Chapter 4?

4. How does Micah’s family react to news of his breakup with Cass in Chapter 4?

5. How do Micah and his family attempt to explain the origins of Micah’s finicky personality in Chapter 4?

6. How does Micah feel upon returning home from his service call in Chapter 5? What does he do in response?

7. Who texts Micah at the end of Chapter 6? How does he respond? Why?

8. What does Lorna tell Micah about Brink’s biological father in Chapter 5? How does Micah feel about this news?

9. Why does Yolanda continue to date despite disappointment, as she reveals in Chapter 6? How does she contrast with Micah?

10. Why does Micah call Cass in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Micah finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the other characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of Ada, Luella, and Lily to the novel. Despite the fact that they are not physically present in the novel, they have a powerful impact on Micah. Discuss the impact of these women on Micah as well as on the novel’s plot and themes.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Micah’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad one?

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