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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does "Midnight Sun" begin?
(a) “Audrey and I braved the mall two days before Christmas.”
(b) “From Earth, Venus is a beacon in the night sky, beautiful and bright.”
(c) “The first time I visited Nana at the nursing home I expected to find her alone in a dreary room.”
(d) “When scientists at NASA first observe the sun dimming, a small division is funded to study the phenomenon.”

2. With which of the following does "25 December 2015" begin?
(a) “I wish I could say that it was my idea, but that honor belonged to Jesse Franklin.”
(b) “Mom decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve with her girlfriends at the Hard Rock Casino.”
(c) “Audrey’s bedroom hadn’t changed much in the year since I’d seen it last.”
(d) “Grief is an ocean, and guilt the undertow that pulls me beneath the waves and drowns me.”

3. With which of the following does "28 December 2015" begin?
(a) “Mom decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve with her girlfriends at the Hard Rock Casino.”
(b) “An object must travel at approximately 11.2 kilometers per second to break free of Earth’s gravity.”
(c) “Audrey’s bedroom hadn’t changed much in the year since I’d seen it last.”
(d) “I wish I could say that it was my idea, but that honor belonged to Jesse Franklin.”

4. Which of the following novels does Henry note Jesse had lent him?
(a) The Scarlet Letter.
(b) Go Set a Watchman.
(c) Moby-Dick.
(d) To Kill a Mockingbird.

5. How much of the universe is thought to be in dark matter, per the novel?
(a) 33%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 27%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What snack does Audrey’s mother provide for Audrey and Henry?

2. What song wakes Henry?

3. With which of the following does "10 November 2015" begin?

4. What diagnosis does Henry have?

5. At which of the following restaurants do the Dentons and Diego eat on Christmas Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Audrey asks Henry why “people who so obviously hate children have so many of them” (319). What is Henry’s response?

2. For what reasons does Henry abandon searching for his father?

3. What opportunities to out Marcus does Henry note having had?

4. How does Henry’s mother note having secured her new job?

5. How does Henry know what time he is awakened on 4 November 2015 (171)?

6. What does Henry suggest would be the case if life were fair?

7. What injuries does Diego suffer after his sister falls from a cottonwood tree?

8. What does Zooey tell Henry that she sees in Charlie?

9. What reason does Henry posit for mothers thinking their sons handsome?

10. Why does Marcus reportedly think Zac vandalized his car?

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