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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. What does Tobias say his memory of life on Earth is?
2. What does Claire believe the stick she found will lead her to?
3. Why does Andy feel it was a mistake for him to come home for Christmas?
4. In his story, what did the Japanese girl Andy lived with keep as a pet?
5. What does Andy credit with keeping him "level" in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Andy tell Dag about a little Japanese girl he lived with in Chapter 29?
2. In Chapter 23 when Andy wakes up in the early morning and sees his friends asleep around him, how does he feel?
3. How does Elvissa get her name?
4. As he explains in Chapter 29, how does Dag think he will die?
5. What types of people are in attendance at Bunny Hollander's New Year's Eve party?
6. What does Andy say about his brother Tyler's group of friends, the "Global Teens"?
7. What does Dag do to the Aston Martin convertible that is parked not far from Larry's Bar?
8. In her story in Chapter 18, what does Elvissa notice about the apartment Curtis is staying at?
9. When Andy and Tyler go shopping on Christmas Eve, why does Andy believe people are looking at them strangely?
10. What does Claire intend to do with the stick she found on the street in New York?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Andy's, Claire's, and Dag's transformation. Do they all grow and transform equally? How do their personal transformations come about? How are their transformations conveyed to the reader? What symbols and metaphors does the author use to illustrate these important events?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of storytelling in Generation X. Why is telling stories such an important past-time for these characters? What are some recurring characteristics of the way they tell their stories? What do their stories reveal about them? What are the rules they have set for storytelling?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the sun motif. What does sun and light represent in this novel? How do the three main characters view the sun? Do their views of the sun and light change as the novel progresses? If so, how?
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