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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. With whom of the following does Aaron note Eric is playing cards?
2. Which of the following does Aaron note present in Thomas’s room when first he visits it?
3. Which of the following is Elsie wearing when she first meets Thomas?
4. With which of the following does Thomas’s introduction begin?
5. Which of the following movies does Thomas invite Aaron to see with him at his home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Thomas note his high school track field is a place of importance for him?
2. What reasons does Aaron give for calling Brendan his “sort of best friend” (5)?
3. What admonishment does Elsie give Thomas as she allows Aaron to go to his home to watch a movie?
4. How does Aaron compare watching a movie with Thomas to time at a beach?
5. What does Thomas note liking about Aaron after noting a bad birthday experience to him?
6. What does Aaron anticipate on Genevieve’s return from New Orleans?
7. What reasons does Aaron note for being reluctant to discuss his father’s suicide, even as he first discusses the matter with Thomas?
8. For what does Aaron initially mistake the Leteo Institute’s offerings?
9. What complaints does Aaron have regarding the shirts Thomas makes available to him?
10. For what reason does Aaron note Baby Freddy is disallowed from being the hunter in games of manhunt?
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
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 3
To what extent is the milieu of More Happy than Not dystopian? What in the novel and in experience bears out that assertion? How does it do so?
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