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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Aaron note is present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?
(a) Legos.
(b) Tinker toys.
(c) Erector sets.
(d) Lincoln logs.

2. Which of the following books does Aaron note enjoying?
(a) Scorpius Hawthorne and the Convict of Abbadon.
(b) Sagittarius Melville and the Inmate of Asmodeus.
(c) Aquarius Dickinson and the Hostage of Beelzebub.
(d) Capricornus Thoreau and the Condemned of Orcus.

3. Which of the following gifts does Aaron purchase for Genevieve?
(a) Skittles.
(b) Jolly Ranchers.
(c) Taffy.
(d) Starburst.

4. As which of the following does Thomas address Aaron?
(a) George Romero.
(b) 28 Days.
(c) Walking Dead.
(d) Legend.

5. As which of the following does Aaron initially refer to Thomas?
(a) Champ.
(b) Stretch.
(c) Eyebrows.
(d) Slim.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following streets is Comic Book Asylum?

2. For which of the following is Brendan’s mother incarcerated?

3. For which of the following is Brendan’s father incarcerated?

4. To whom of the following does Aaron compare Eric?

5. With whom of the following does Aaron note Eric is playing cards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What fate does Aaron note awaits the community center shirts he and his friends receive at Family Day?

2. Why does Thomas note his high school track field is a place of importance for him?

3. What does Aaron anticipate on Genevieve’s return from New Orleans?

4. What reasons does Aaron give for wanting to avoid shooting fireworks from roofs?

5. What hopes for the reader does Thomas express in her introduction to the novel?

6. What reasons does Aaron note for being reluctant to discuss his father’s suicide, even as he first discusses the matter with Thomas?

7. Why does Aaron posit Leteo attracts as much resistance as it does?

8. What value does Aaron ascribe to having been asked out?

9. What advice does Eric report to Aaron their father would have given for approaching sex?

10. How does Aaron regard Thomas’s progress through career ideas?

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