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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 Crystal dances?

2. Which of the following does Aaron lend to Collin?

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

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

5. Which of the following does Aaron note Collin usually orders?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What body part does Aaron note is a good target for attack, and why?

3. What does Aaron note are his reasons for feeling warm after giving Thomas a gift at his birthday party?

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

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

6. With what sarcastic apologies does Aaron rebuke Genevieve?

7. What influence from his friends on how he treats romantic partners does Aaron cite?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What effect does the unnumbered and unnamed section at the beginning of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, have on the reader? How is the effect achieved?

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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