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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 "3 November 2015" begin?

2. Which of the following is a nurse at Nana’s care facility?

3. Whom of the following is an inventor of Mind’s Eye?

4. What does Henry compare Diego to?

5. Which of the following novels does Henry note Jesse had lent him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Audrey asks Henry why “people who so obviously hate children have so many of them” (319). What is Henry’s response?

5. How does Henry know what time he is awakened on 4 November 2015 (171)?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

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