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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. On which of the following streets does Kyle live after his Leteo procedure?

2. Whom of the following visits Aaron at the Leteo Institute?

3. Which of the following is noted as the final book in the Scorpius Hawthorne series?

4. Which of the following is Kyle’s apartment number after his Leteo procedure?

5. Which of the following does Aaron note for sale at the flea market?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the cover story told to Kyle to explain his family having moved?

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

6. What reasons does Elsie posit for her husband’s suicide?

7. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

8. What activities does Aaron muse that Genevieve will not share with him but that Thomas does?

9. What happens when an 11-year-old Aaron plays tag with Brendan and Baby Freddy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the novel’s attitude toward memory? What in the novel indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Thomas repeatedly asserts “no homo” in his interactions with Aaron. Why might he be at pains to do so? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

That Aaron is the protagonist of the novel is clear. What character is next most important in the novel? What makes a character important? How does the chosen character meet that standard? What does it signify that the character does so, and how does that significance manifest?

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