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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. Who is a third person to join Adrian in placing nickels in Henry’s gym locker?

2. What is Henry’s neighbor's name?

3. What was the name of Henry’s first-grade teacher?

4. Which of the following is a faction of time travelers?

5. From what nation do the scientists who invent the nanobots hail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the narrator give for noting that other versions of ourselves are living better lives than we are?

2. What indication does Audrey have that Henry lies?

3. To what is North Korea’s final aggression ascribed?

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

5. What occasions the end of the world via nanobot?

6. What is the first event prevented by time travelers in the novel?

7. How is Henry punished for attacking Adrian after the incident with the nickels in his gym locker?

8. How do people react to the appearance of the world-killing asteroid?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel interpolates a series of end-of-the-world scenarios. What function is served by the inclusion of those scenarios, and how does that function emerge?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 3

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

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