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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. With which of the following does "10 November 2015" begin?

2. What language does Henry note his family spoke to him in a dream?

3. Which of the following had Nana told Audrey to call her?

4. With which of the following does "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" begin?

5. Which Doctor Who actor does Diego prefer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. On New Year’s Eve, how does Audrey encourage Henry to pursue a relationship with Diego?

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

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

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

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

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

9. For what is Audrey’s mother notable?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry’s grandmother says to him “When the days are darkest, dear, you latch on to happiness wherever you find it” (101). Does the novel as a whole support her remarks? What in the novel demonstrates as much, and in what ways does it demonstrate it?

Essay Topic 2

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of We Are the Ants do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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