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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. After how long did the drug trial release Sorry as a participant?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

2. What was Jazz out of town to visit prior to meeting Penny?
(a) A medical conference.
(b) A publishing conference.
(c) A women's poetry book collective.
(d) A freelancer's union convention.

3. What brand of cigarettes does Sorry smoke?
(a) Camel.
(b) Marlboro.
(c) Winston.
(d) American Spirit.

4. How much taller is Rob than Penny?
(a) 2 inches taller.
(b) 5 inches taller.
(c) 8 inches taller.
(d) 1 foot taller.

5. Where did Norm attend graduate school?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Amalia go to high school?

2. What does "DJD" stand for in the novel?

3. What kind of cereal does Penny buy at the grocery store after her father's death?

4. How much money did Sorry receive for the drug trial she participated in?

5. With whom does Amalia appear to have an obsession in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characters are present in the opening scene of the novel? What is their significance in the plot of the story?

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

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

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

5. What is the main event that takes place in the scene from 2005? Why is this event significant?

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

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

8. Who is present when Norm dies? How is this event described?

9. How is Norm described in 2005? What is his relationship with Penny like based on this scene?

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

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