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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. Which of the following does Henry note has a deviated septum?

2. Which class is Diego supposed to attend when he initially appears in Faraci’s class?

3. Which of the following does the narrator remark upon as a sleep aid?

4. Who else joins Adrian in placing nickels in Henry’s gym locker?

5. What is Henry’s mother’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Henry note that “Dreams are hopeful” (135)?

2. How does Henry note wanting Faraci to be (88)?

3. What does Henry remark caused a young Charlie to go without food for four days?

4. What reason does Henry assert for the aliens returning him to Earth naked?

5. What does Henry’s mother remark that Nana’s status was before she moved in with the Dentons?

6. Why does Henry take particular care to get home after Marcus picks him up from his old elementary school?

7. What is Faraci’s Halloween costume at school?

8. What reasons for his assault does Henry consider telling Sandoval?

9. What displaces the video of death-by-housecat from YouTube’s top-viewed spot?

10. What are the model and name of Diego’s car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 2

What is the overall philosophical outlook of the novel? What in the text substantiates that outlook, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does We Are the Ants bear as much out?

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