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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. Who shoots the bucket when Matt attacks the inhabitants of the Nicotine house?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Anka.
(c) Rob.
(d) Tony.

2. Where does Patrick say he believes Norm adopted Amalia?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Peru.
(d) South Africa.

3. What was the maiden name of Patrick and Matt's mother?
(a) Regina Bourgeous.
(b) Katie Donaldson.
(c) Jennifer Watson.
(d) Christine Anderson.

4. When Jazz calls Penny from Oklahoma, she tells her that the money she has now is from what last job?
(a) Selling cars in Brooklyn.
(b) Waitressing on a cruise ship.
(c) Stripping.
(d) Waitressing at a coffee shop.

5. What word from the novel refers to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being?
(a) Ontology.
(b) Oncology.
(c) Scientology.
(d) Neuropathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the place called where Sorry and Penny are taken after their arrests during the protest?

2. What does the locksmith do when confronted by Rob at the Nicotine house?

3. How is Matt's car described?

4. Jazz says that she has been smoking since she was how old?

5. Whose sounds of lovemaking wakes Penny up in the middle of the night when she is sleeping in Rob's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the locksmith arrives at Nicotine?

4. What does the Norman Baker Center refer to?

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

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

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

8. How does Jazz justify her relationship with Matt when she first tells Penny about it?

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

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

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