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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. As which of the following does Audrey dress for Halloween at school?

2. On what day does the narrator claim the world is meant to end?

3. What is Henry’s mother’s maiden name?

4. Near which building does Henry habitually eat lunch?

5. As which of the following does Marcus dress for Halloween at school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do people react to the appearance of the world-killing asteroid?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Readerly attention focuses on the following comment: “I tried to think of the right thing to say, but sometimes the right thing to say is nothing” (122). Does the novel affirm or deny the comment, overall? What in the text indicates that summative affirmation or denial? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Henry’s clear knowledge of math and science is made clear. What purpose does the display of knowledge serve in the text? How does the text indicate that purpose?

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