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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. Which of the following receives a “shout-out” in the front matter?

2. In which of the following grades does Thomas note having begun to keep a journal?

3. Which of the following among the Big Kids does Aaron note died?

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

5. Which of the following books does Aaron note enjoying?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Aaron initially mistake the Leteo Institute’s offerings?

2. How does Aaron contrast Genevieve’s comfort and his friends’ in the wake of his father’s death?

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

4. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

5. What reasons does Aaron give for liking summer in his neighborhood?

6. What complaints does Aaron have regarding the shirts Thomas makes available to him?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas remarks, “I think we’ll be screwed trying to figure out why [his and Aaron’s fathers] ditched us without explanation” (104). Is the remark accurate? What in the novel and in experience suggests that it is or is not. How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

If there is a single, overarching message or discourse or moral to the novel, what is it? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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