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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. The five tall pale men described walking from a burning Christmas tree in the beginning of the novel are said to be just south of what city in New York?
(a) Nyack.
(b) Albany.
(c) Malvern.
(d) Yonkers.

2. What does Rob say Anka does for a living?
(a) She is a writer.
(b) She is a painter.
(c) She is a banker.
(d) She is a journalist.

3. About how old is Tony said to be?
(a) 40.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

4. What port city stands in the background of the 13-year-old girl who is introduced in the opening of the novel?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Cartagena.
(c) London.
(d) Shanghai.

5. With whom does Penny have a naked struggle in 2005?
(a) Matt.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Norm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Barry say he is from at the Tranquility house?

2. What is Penny doing when she is first introduced in 2005?

3. What do Sorry and Penny prepare to take to the potluck?

4. What does Norm say Matt does for a living in 2005?

5. How did Norm's parents die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Penny's Manhattan apartment described? Why is she forced to vacate it?

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

4. What is the symbolic significance of the water glasses that recur in the story?

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

6. How is Norm's childhood home described when Penny finds it in 2016?

7. What are Penny's impressions when she goes to the Stayfree house with Sorry for a potluck?

8. What leads up to the sexual encounter between Penny and Jazz?

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

10. Where is the opening scene of the novel set? What is the significance of this setting?

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