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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the locksmith do when confronted by Rob at the Nicotine house?
(a) He calls Matt.
(b) He calls the police.
(c) He changes the lock.
(d) He leaves.

2. What does Penny eat with her mother when she goes to visit her after the AIDS conference?
(a) Ham sandwiches with tomato.
(b) Tacos and egg rolls.
(c) Chicken soup and French bread.
(d) Shrimp jambalaya.

3. What does Jazz tell Matt after their sexual fantasy interlude involving the balcony and virtual realty?
(a) She is breaking up with him.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She is moving to Hawaii.
(d) She is married.

4. What is Tony doing when Penny visits Amalia's home in Morristown after the Matt assault at Nicotine?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Loading a weapon.
(c) Repairing the garage door.
(d) Digging a grave.

5. Jazz says that she has been smoking since she was how old?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

6. Who books a hotel room for the former Nicotine inhabitants on their second night of flight?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Rob.
(c) Penny.
(d) Sorry.

7. What does Anka plan to do about smoking at the DJD?
(a) Going across the street.
(b) Chewing.
(c) Vaping.
(d) Quitting.

8. How many buckets of excrement are loaded from the Nicotine house into Matt's garbage truck after the demolition crew empties it?
(a) 52.
(b) 36.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

9. What hashtag was used for the protest in which Sorry and Penny were arrested?
(a) #ontop.
(b) #climbit.
(c) #riseup.
(d) #rightsnow.

10. What percentage of trash is made up of air, according to Matt?
(a) 98%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 88%.
(d) 92%.

11. The headquarters of the CHA are in a former commercial building called what?
(a) Harehouse.
(b) Warehouse.
(c) Wherehouse.
(d) Wearhouse.

12. Where does Rob park his minivan for the TTIP protest?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) Houston Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Bowery Street.

13. Where did Sunshine attend college?
(a) NYU.
(b) Dartmouth.
(c) Yale.
(d) Penn State.

14. What author is Rob reading when Penny comes to ask to sleep with him at the Nicotine house?
(a) James Waterson.
(b) Barry Commoner.
(c) Jamie Smithson.
(d) Roy O'Neill.

15. What word from the novel refers to speaking or acting in an evasive way?
(a) Interdisciplinary.
(b) Prevarication.
(c) Gusticular.
(d) Gregarious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who packs up the belongings of the residents of the Nicotine house after Matt's assault?

2. Where is Matt's office located?

3. What does Tony take to Amalia as a hostess gift when he first visits her?

4. Who says of the squatters in the Nicotine house, "It's like having bedbugs that do the dishes" (138)?

5. Where is the luxury hotel that Matt invites Jazz to meet him at after receiving her email?

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