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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. For which of the following does Thomas apply to work?

2. With whom of the following does Aaron last discuss having had sex with Genevieve?

3. Which of the following does Aaron note is present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?

4. As which of the following does Aaron initially refer to Thomas?

5. Which of the following does Aaron ironically suggest naming his firstborn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For what reasons does Me-Crazy have the sobriquet?

6. What admonishment does Elsie give Thomas as she allows Aaron to go to his home to watch a movie?

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

8. How does Aaron compare watching a movie with Thomas to time at a beach?

9. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aaron comments through much of the text on the lack of money in his household. At the same time, the family is supplied with gaming systems and other luxuries. How, therefore, does the novel define poverty? What in the text supports the definition? How does the text support that definition?

Essay Topic 2

Sibling relationships in the novel are presented with some tension. What effect does that tension have in the novel, and how does that effect present itself?

Essay Topic 3

Attention is paid to Genevieve’s artwork, much of which is described as following surrealist tropes. What significance attaches to Genevieve’s working in that genre, and how does the text indicate that significance?

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