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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 effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?

2. How long is Isobel Martin’s book The Dark Ages?

3. What does the narrator find distinguished about Grigori Perelman?

4. Where is Gulliver’s room in Andrew Martin’s house?

5. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the narrator’s narrative so funny?

2. How does Andrew Martin characterize his discovery in the introduction the narrator reads?

3. What happens when the narrator calls Andrew Martin’s mother?

4. Who are the main characters the narrator introduces at the beginning of the novel?

5. What happens to the narrator for the first time in his life when Isobel gives him a sandwich?

6. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with Newton, the family dog?

7. What happens in the narrator’s interrogation by police?

8. How does the narrator define beauty for humans?

9. Who does the narrator meet in the cafeteria in the jail?

10. How does Haig characterize the marriage between Andrew and Isobel Martin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What parts of The Humans are believable? How does Matt Haig get you to suspend your disbelief for the things that are not believable? How willing were you, to suspend your disbelief?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of The Humans. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

How would The Humans be different if it were set in the U.S.? In the Middle East? In Asia? In another country?

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