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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 else joins Adrian in placing nickels in Henry’s gym locker?
2. With which of the following does "4 October 2015" begin?
3. What is the name of Henry’s gym teacher?
4. As which of the following does Marcus show up in Henry’s cell phone?
5. What was the name of Henry’s first-grade teacher?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the model and name of Diego’s car?
2. What is the initial reaction to the development of nanobots?
3. To what is North Korea’s final aggression ascribed?
4. What is the first event prevented by time travelers in the novel?
5. What displaces the video of death-by-housecat from YouTube’s top-viewed spot?
6. Why does Henry take particular care to get home after Marcus picks him up from his old elementary school?
7. How is Henry punished for attacking Adrian after the incident with the nickels in his gym locker?
8. How does Henry assert that “God surely meant for humans to live” (23)?
9. What occasions the end of the world via nanobot?
10. What reason does Henry assert for the aliens returning him to Earth naked?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does We Are the Ants bear as much out?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Overall, what is the most important theme of We Are the Ants. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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