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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 World War III begin?

2. With which of the following does "16 October 2015" begin?

3. How old is Henry when he is first abducted?

4. What make of car does Marcus drive?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What groups does Henry assert receive anal probes from aliens?

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

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

5. What is the initial reaction to the development of nanobots?

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

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

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

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

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of We Are the Ants. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that We Are the Ants should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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