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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 did Sunshine attend college?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) NYU.
(c) Penn State.
(d) Yale.

2. Where does Penny's former freshman roommate now live?
(a) Oahu.
(b) Patpong.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Abu Dhabi.

3. Jazz says that she has been smoking since she was how old?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

4. 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) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Assonance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of trash is made up of air, according to Matt?

2. What is the new destination that Sorry, Rob, and Jazz agree on as they leave Oklahoma?

3. According to Matt, the human body is about what percentage of water?

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

5. Where does Patrick say he believes Norm adopted Amalia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. To what issue does Sorry attribute her smoking?

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

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

10. What does Amalia discover when she first goes to Nicotine?

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