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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. What kind of cereal does Penny buy at the grocery store after her father's death?
(a) Cheerios.
(b) Frosted Flakes.
(c) Nutola.
(d) Raisin Bran.

2. What is the current co-op fee for Penny's room at the Tranquility house when she moves in?
(a) $450.
(b) $258.66.
(c) $1,200.
(d) $58.80.

3. Where in New York is the apartment that Penny lives in at the time of her father's death?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Hell's Kitchen.
(c) The Upper West Side.
(d) Inwood.

4. What does Norm do when presented with his pet cat in the hospice?
(a) He screams.
(b) He tries to strangle it.
(c) He falls asleep next to it.
(d) He weeps.

5. What group administers the Nicotine house, according to Rob?
(a) Activist Housing United.
(b) Community Action Association.
(c) Anarchy Housing Community.
(d) Community Housing Action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anka major in during college?

2. What does Penny say her mother's profession is in 2016?

3. What literary device is used in the following sentence from the book: "Norm's death is a runaway train" (701)?

4. Approximately how old does Amalia say she is at the time of Norm's death?

5. Who at the Tranquility house works with a collective that builds puppets for street theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Norm encounters Schubert in 2016? How does Penny interpret this action?

2. What is the relationship like between Matt and Penny?

3. What happens when Matt comes to confront the squatters at Nicotine the first time?

4. Why does Penny keep her family associations with Nicotine secret when she first meets the inhabitants?

5. Who is Naomi? What are Penny's and Norm's thoughts about her?

6. What are Norm's circumstances in 2016? Where is he?

7. Why is Norm's childhood home called "Nicotine"?

8. How is Matt's relationship with his father characterized in 2005?

9. Who are the inhabitants at Nicotine when Penny first visits?

10. What is the inciting incident in the novel and how does it propel the action forward?

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