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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 does Aaron note present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?

2. Which of the following is a category on Thomas’s life chart?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Aaron give for calling Brendan his “sort of best friend” (5)?

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

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

6. What occupations does Aaron note Elsie holds?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of More Happy than Not on the New York Times and other best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The novel sketches out a process for selection to the Leteo procedure. What is that process; what is its purpose; and is the process sufficient to address that purpose? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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