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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 was the profession of Matt and Patrick's mother when she met Norm?
(a) Investment banker.
(b) Actress.
(c) Food vendor.
(d) Travel agent.

2. Who books a hotel room for the former Nicotine inhabitants on their second night of flight?
(a) Penny.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Rob.

3. What does a neighbor do to Matt's car when he comes to board up the door at the Nicotine house?
(a) He backs into it.
(b) He kicks it.
(c) He urinates on it.
(d) He lights it on fire.

4. What does Matt intend to transform the Nicotine house into after the demolition?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A school.
(c) A homeless shelter.
(d) A community center.

5. What literary device is used in the following sentence from the novel: "An all-white man in an all-black car, like a grub in a rotten pecan" (192)?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Assonance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says of the squatters in the Nicotine house, "It's like having bedbugs that do the dishes" (138)?

2. Where do some of the members of the Nicotine house go to detox from smoking as part of a bet?

3. What does Sorry say the final destination is for her, Rob, and Jazz when she calls Penny from a motel near St. Louis?

4. Who pays Rob $50 for the bet about quitting nicotine use?

5. What does Rob buy with the $50 he won from the nicotine bet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Penny learn about the conflict with Matt at Nicotine?

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

4. Why does Penny go to the DJD to sleep? How is this setting described?

5. What happens when the locksmith arrives at Nicotine?

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

7. What is the political atmosphere like in the main (contemporary) timeline of the novel?

8. In what squatter house does Penny end up living? Why?

9. Why do Rob and Jazz (along with Penny) go to the DJD for a week?

10. What does jazz advise Rob to explore in regards to his sexuality?

(see the answer keys)

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