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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anka say she plans to move after the Matt assault?
(a) The Stayfree house.
(b) The Morristown estate.
(c) The DJD house.
(d) The Tranquility house.

2. How do the inhabitants of the Nicotine house obtain most of their food?
(a) Begging on the streets.
(b) Robbing neighborhood homes.
(c) Dumpster diving.
(d) Shoplifting.

3. How is Amalia's car described when she arrives at Nicotine house?
(a) A red Corvette convertible.
(b) A gray station wagon.
(c) A black Audi.
(d) A white Taurus sedan.

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

5. Who is the first inhabitant of the Nicotine house to read the note left on Matt's car from Amalia?
(a) Rob.
(b) Tony.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Anka.

6. What information does Penny reveal about Patrick to her mother when she visits after the AIDS conference?
(a) He is engaged.
(b) He is anxious.
(c) He is moving home.
(d) He is pansexual.

7. What does a neighbor do to Matt's car when he comes to board up the door at the Nicotine house?
(a) He urinates on it.
(b) He lights it on fire.
(c) He kicks it.
(d) He backs into it.

8. Who packs up the belongings of the residents of the Nicotine house after Matt's assault?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Tony.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Anka.

9. Where do some of the members of the Nicotine house go to detox from smoking as part of a bet?
(a) The Tranquility house.
(b) The Morristown estate.
(c) The DJD house.
(d) The Stayfree house.

10. What literary device is used in the following sentence from the novel: "An all-white man in an all-black car, like a grub in a rotten pecan" (192)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Alliteration.

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

12. Where is the luxury hotel that Matt invites Jazz to meet him at after receiving her email?
(a) Paulus Hook.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) SoHo.

13. What weapon does Jazz bring to the hotel for Matt to use?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A sword.
(d) A taser.

14. According to Matt, the human body is about what percentage of water?
(a) 80%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 70%.

15. 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 married.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She is moving to Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist recorded the song "In Your Eyes"?

2. What does Penny eat with her mother when she goes to visit her after the AIDS conference?

3. How does Matt enter the Nicotine house in the middle of the night when he cannot sleep?

4. What author is Rob reading when Penny comes to ask to sleep with him at the Nicotine house?

5. What does "WTO" refer to in the context of the novel?

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