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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 Doctor Who actor does Audrey prefer?

2. What make of car does Henry’s mother drive?

3. With which of the following does "19 December 2015" begin?

4. What name does Audrey’s dog answer to?

5. What is the latest copyright listed on the computing engine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Henry give for having poor handwriting?

2. Per the novel, when will the sun rise and set on Calypso on 1 May 2091?

3. How does Henry’s mother note having secured her new job?

4. Why does Marcus reportedly think Zac vandalized his car?

5. How does Henry describe Nana’s care facility when he makes his first visit there?

6. For what is Audrey’s mother notable?

7. How does Henry note his mother discouraged him and Charlie from rising early on Christmas?

8. How does Nana describe her experience with Kenny Highcastle?

9. What opportunities to out Marcus does Henry note having had?

10. Why are there no resource wars as the sun dims?

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

Dates figure prominently into the novel. How might the novel have differed were it set in a different time than it occupies? Why would it be different in such ways?

Essay Topic 3

Ultimately, are the aliens in the novel real? How does the novel change if they are or are not? Why does it change in that way or those ways?

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