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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. With which of the following does "Time Travel" begin?

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

3. What make of car does Marcus drive?

4. With which of the following does "Nanobots" begin?

5. What is Henry’s mother’s name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the narrator describe kissing as “ridiculous” (1)?

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

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

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

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

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 3

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

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