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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 is a faction of time travelers?

2. Who was Henry’s third-grade teacher?

3. As which of the following does Henry become known online?

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

5. In which building is Henry’s school locker?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What indication does Audrey have that Henry lies?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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