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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. Who does Enzo decide to manifest a closer relationship with in Chapter 8?

2. What does Enzo refer to Maxwell and Trish as in the novel?

3. What 15 year-old cousin of Eve's shows romantic interest in Denny in Chapter 25?

4. In Chapter 3, Enzo says that he has always loved watching what with Denny?

5. Eve tells Enzo that she feels as though something is what, in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Enzo change his attitude about Eve in Chapter 8? What does Eve represent to Enzo in this chapter?

2. What do Enzo's thoughts and actions while he is left alone reveal about his character in Chapter 11?

3. What is significant about Enzo's observations of the forest in Chapter 17? How do these observations relate to the novel's themes?

4. How is humor used as a stylistic element in the novel? What purpose does it serve in terms of the novel's themes?

5. How does the title of the book arise in Chapter 8? How does Enzo internalize Denny's comment?

6. What do Maxwell and Trish ask of Denny in Chapter 23? What is Denny's response?

7. What are Enzo's views on television? What channels does he particularly enjoy and why?

8. What do Denny and Enzo do together in Chapter 20? How does Enzo feel about their relationship?

9. What does Enzo spend a summer day doing in Chapter 8? What advice does Denny relate?

10. What obstacles does Denny face against Trish and Maxwell in Chapter 23? What are their motives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze Enzo as the protagonist of the novel. How is Enzo's nature revealed in Chapters 10 and 11? How does Enzo reflect complexity and multi-dimensionality as a character? What heroic qualities does he exhibit? How does Enzo's character evolve in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the actions of Enzo in Chapters 46 and 47. Why does Enzo run into traffic? What does he philosophize about as he faces death? Why does Enzo relate Ayrton Senna's story as he approaches the hospital and potentially, his demise? How did Senna die?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the narrative style of the novel. From whose perspective is the story related? What is unique about this point of view? Is this point of view omniscient or limited? Is the story related in the past, present, or future tense? What kind of personality does the narrator exhibit?

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