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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 does the locksmith do when confronted by Rob at the Nicotine house?
(a) He calls Matt.
(b) He changes the lock.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He leaves.

2. Why does Penny tell Jazz that if the family did probate, she, her mother, Patrick, and Matt would each receive equal shares of her father's estate?
(a) Because he did not make out a will.
(b) Because his ex-wife has contested the will.
(c) Because her mother was not adopted.
(d) Because her parents never legally married.

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

4. What does Rob buy with the $50 he won from the nicotine bet?
(a) A bag of groceries.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A book.
(d) A bottle of bourbon.

5. What percentage of trash is made up of air, according to Matt?
(a) 92%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 88%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the inhabitants of the Nicotine house obtain most of their food?

3. Where does Anka say she plans to move after the Matt assault?

4. What is the name of the locksmith who arrives to change the locks at the Nicotine house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Rob, Sorry, and Jazz stay in Taos? Why?

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

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

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

7. Where are Jazz's housemates when Matt first comes to see her? What do they do?

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

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

10. What does the Norman Baker Center refer to?

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