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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. Near which building does Henry habitually eat lunch?

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

3. Who does Henry suggest would be better for the aliens to abduct than him?

4. To whom is the novel dedicated?

5. Which of the following entrees does Nana suggest cooking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What additional insult accompanies Henry’s assault in the showers at school?

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

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

4. How does Henry assert that “God surely meant for humans to live” (23)?

5. How does Henry note his mother treats Nana’s meatloaf?

6. What does Nana note is the comfort of old age?

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

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

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

10. What indication does Audrey have that Henry lies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the novel’s presentation of trauma. How authentic is it? How accurate is it? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Ultimately, are the aliens in the novel real? How does the novel change if they are or are not? Why does it change in that way or those ways?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than science fiction might We Are the Ants be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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