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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 artist recorded the song "In Your Eyes"?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Peter Gabriel.
(c) Sinead O'Connor.
(d) John Lennon.

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

3. Where does Anka describe the free AIDS conference to Penny that evening when she sees her at the laundromat?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Princeton.
(c) The New School.
(d) NYU.

4. The headquarters of the CHA are in a former commercial building called what?
(a) Wherehouse.
(b) Wearhouse.
(c) Harehouse.
(d) Warehouse.

5. What does Jazz tell Matt after their sexual fantasy interlude involving the balcony and virtual realty?
(a) She is married.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She is breaking up with him.
(d) She is moving to Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Matt's office located?

2. Who is the first inhabitant of the Nicotine house to read the note left on Matt's car from Amalia?

3. Where is the luxury hotel that Matt invites Jazz to meet him at after receiving her email?

4. Where was Matt and Patrick's mother from?

5. What word from the novel refers to speaking or acting in an evasive way?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Matt kicks in the door of Nicotine?

2. What is revealed about Matt's relationship with Amalia in the course of the narrative?

3. Where does Penny get a job? What is the job and how does she feel about it?

4. What feelings does Tony express about Penny at the TTIP rally?

5. What do Jazz, Rob, and Sorry decide to do after the encounter with Matt at Nicotine?

6. What is the significance of puppets in the novel?

7. What are "the Tombs" and how does Penny end up there?

8. What types of foods do the inhabitants of Nicotine eat? Where do they procure their food?

9. What does Rob admit about his sexuality when talking to Jazz?

10. What electronic device does Matt show Jazz when she visits his house?

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