View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who posted a picture of Jesse running a race?

2. Which of the following does Audrey note having had as a Christmas present from Henry?

3. With which of the following does "28 December 2015" begin?

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

5. With which of the following does "23 December 2015" begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reasons does Henry abandon searching for his father?

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

4. For what is Audrey’s mother notable?

5. What reason does Henry posit for mothers thinking their sons handsome?

6. How does Henry understand Marcus’s self-concept?

7. What effect does the use of Mind’s Eye have on society?

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

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

10. What injuries does Diego suffer after his sister falls from a cottonwood tree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 635 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample