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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. In what year is Sam born?

2. Which of the following instruments does Zoe play?

3. Which of the following games is Sam playing when Sadie meets him?

4. Which of the following flowers does Sadie enjoy?

5. Which of the following does Sadie win in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marx demonstrate that he works well as a game producer?

2. Why does Marx’s mother disdain computers?

3. How does the novel remark that “To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk” (21)?

4. What reason does Sam have for continuing to visit Sadie in her college apartment?

5. How does Sam’s veterinarian affirm that Tuesday is not a coyote?

6. What reasons does Marx have for tending to Sam while they are roommates?

7. Why do video game characters typically remain the same throughout their games, per the novel (104)?

8. How does Sam react to Sadie’s game engine design, and how does she react to his reaction?

9. How does Sam posit he can find Sadie again after she leaves him in the subway station?

10. Why does Sam claim his mangled foot is lucky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one game the protagonists develop.

Essay Topic 2

The work of one poet pervades the novel. Explicate the significance of that poet to Zevin’s text.

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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