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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does "16 October 2015" begin?
(a) “Sometimes I wonder if the sluggers sent Diego Vega to Calypso to test my resolve.”
(b) “My situation at school deteriorated.”
(c) “They’re hailed as a marvelous breakthrough in modern medicine.”
(d) “Charlie banged on the bathroom door while I brushed my teeth.”

2. As which of the following does Audrey dress for Halloween at school?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Philippa of Hainault.
(c) Anne of Burgundy.
(d) Catherine of Valois.

3. Who travels to North Korea, only to be killed by house cats?
(a) Marilyn Manson.
(b) Trey Parker.
(c) John Malkovich.
(d) Dennis Rodman.

4. With which of the following does "4 October 2015" begin?
(a) “Nana leaned on the shopping cart as we strolled through Publix.”
(b) “Charlie banged on the bathroom door while I brushed my teeth.”
(c) “They’re hailed as a marvelous breakthrough in modern medicine.”
(d) “My situation at school deteriorated.”

5. Who does Henry compare Audrey to?
(a) Sandy Jameson.
(b) Veronica Mars.
(c) Lizzie McGuire.
(d) Hannah Montana.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what planet do Henry and Diego look through a telescope?

2. On what day does the narrator claim the world is meant to end?

3. What was Henry’s elementary school mascot?

4. Where does the end of the world by nanobot begin?

5. The world-killing asteroid is approximately the size of what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry remark caused a young Charlie to go without food for four days?

2. What is the initial reaction to the development of nanobots?

3. What does Henry’s mother remark that Nana’s status was before she moved in with the Dentons?

4. What reasons does the narrator give for noting that other versions of ourselves are living better lives than we are?

5. How is Henry punished for attacking Adrian after the incident with the nickels in his gym locker?

6. What occasions the end of the world via nanobot?

7. What displaces the video of death-by-housecat from YouTube’s top-viewed spot?

8. What does Nana note is the comfort of old age?

9. How does Henry note his mother treats Nana’s meatloaf?

10. How does Henry assert that “God surely meant for humans to live” (23)?

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