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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 games is suggested at Thomas’s birthday party?

2. Whom of the following do Aaron and Thomas encounter as they head down a back staircase at the former’s residence?

3. Which of the following does Aaron see Thomas and Genevieve eating together?

4. Which of the following does Baby Freddy steal for Thomas’s birthday celebration?

5. Which of the following features in the painting with which Genevieve returns from New Orleans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Collin give for his romantic interest in a 16-year-old Aaron?

2. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

3. What signs does a 15-year-old Aaron receive from Genevieve about her attraction to him?

4. How does a 16-year-old Aaron describe Collin when he joins him in the school library?

5. How does Aaron explain having been nice to Collin while visiting Comic Book Asylum with Thomas?

6. What reasons does Thomas give for leaving off the idea of becoming a director?

7. What does Thomas report doing while Aaron was recovering from his assault?

8. What failures as a parent does Elsie identify in herself?

9. When Aaron goes to collect Thomas for his birthday party, how does he find him?

10. At the flea market, what does Aaron note *wanting* rather than *needing*?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silvera names a large number of intellectual properties common in popular culture; he also pointedly avoids naming others, using substitutes that make for clear reference without giving the name. What might the refusal to name some properties indicate, and what in the novel and in experience affirms that indication?

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

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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