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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 "26 November 2015" begin?
(a) “I sat alone and watched the stars and dreamed of Diego.”
(b) “It’s unveiled at the Commercial Electronics Show in Las Vegas.”
(c) “Mom let me stay home from school on Monday but refused to allow me to skip Tuesday.”
(d) “My Thanksgiving nightmare began with family pictures.”

2. What does Henry compare Diego to?
(a) Iguana.
(b) Gecko.
(c) Chameleon.
(d) Anole.

3. Who joins Nana at the keyboard?
(a) Henry.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Zooey.

4. What is the name of the vice principal at Henry’s school?
(a) Otter.
(b) Grison.
(c) Marten.
(d) Badger.

5. At which of the following restaurants do the Dentons and Diego eat on Christmas Eve?
(a) Juno's.
(b) Jupiter's.
(c) Neptune's.
(d) Vesta's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Doctor Who actor does Diego prefer?

2. Which of the following had Nana told Audrey to call her?

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

4. Which of the following is a nurse at Nana’s care facility?

5. Which of the following novels does Henry note Jesse had lent him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry assert would be worse than finding the dead body of one’s child?

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

3. What reasons does Henry give for saying he means to attend Brown University?

4. What explanation does Henry give for having poor handwriting?

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

6. How does Henry note his mother discouraged him and Charlie from rising early on Christmas?

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

8. What happens after the last hive of honeybees dies?

9. What effect does the use of Mind’s Eye have on society?

10. Per the novel, when will the sun rise and set on Calypso on 1 May 2091?

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