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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. What is prohibited at Henry’s high school for Halloween?

2. Near which building does Henry habitually eat lunch?

3. Which of the following discovers a world-killing asteroid?

4. Who causes the end of the world?

5. Who was Henry’s third-grade teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do people react to the appearance of the world-killing asteroid?

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

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

4. To what is North Korea’s final aggression ascribed?

5. What are the model and name of Diego’s car?

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

7. What groups does Henry assert receive anal probes from aliens?

8. Why does Henry note that “Dreams are hopeful” (135)?

9. What reasons for his assault does Henry consider telling Sandoval?

10. What is the first event prevented by time travelers in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dates figure prominently into the novel. How might the novel have differed were it set in a different time than it occupies? Why would it be different in such ways?

Essay Topic 2

What is the overall philosophical outlook of the novel? What in the text substantiates that outlook, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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