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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. Where is Norm and Amalia's home in 2016?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Metuchen.
(c) Morristown.
(d) Somerset.
2. Who wrote The Gender of the Gift?
(a) Marilyn Strathern.
(b) Ryan O'Brian.
(c) Jennifer Wilson.
(d) James Laughton.
3. How old is Norm when he dies?
(a) 93.
(b) 82.
(c) 75.
(d) 77.
4. Where has Jazz just returned from on Penny's second visit to the Nicotine house?
(a) Florida.
(b) Boston.
(c) Texas.
(d) France.
5. 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) Yonkers.
(b) Albany.
(c) Nyack.
(d) Malvern.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Norm do when presented with his pet cat in the hospice?
2. What are Anka's parents' professions?
3. What television show does Norm request to watch when dismissing the hospice director in 2016?
4. Who is the 13-year-old girl that is described in the opening of the novel?
5. What port city stands in the background of the 13-year-old girl who is introduced in the opening of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Penny keep her family associations with Nicotine secret when she first meets the inhabitants?
2. What happens when Matt comes to confront the squatters at Nicotine the first time?
3. What is the main event that takes place in the scene from 2005? Why is this event significant?
4. How is Norm's childhood home described when Penny finds it in 2016?
5. How is Amalia described when she first appears in the 2016 timeline? What is her relationship like with Penny?
6. Who is Rob and how does Penny meet him?
7. How is Penny's Manhattan apartment described? Why is she forced to vacate it?
8. What happens when Norm encounters Schubert in 2016? How does Penny interpret this action?
9. How is Norm described in 2005? What is his relationship with Penny like based on this scene?
10. Why is Norm's childhood home called "Nicotine"?
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