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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What brand of cigarettes does Sorry smoke?
2. The five tall pale men described walking from a burning Christmas tree in the beginning of the novel are said to be just south of what city in New York?
3. What does "DJD" stand for in the novel?
4. After how long did the drug trial release Sorry as a participant?
5. What port city stands in the background of the 13-year-old girl who is introduced in the opening of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What characters are present in the opening scene of the novel? What is their significance in the plot of the story?
2. What are Norm's circumstances in 2016? Where is he?
3. How is Norm described in 2005? What is his relationship with Penny like based on this scene?
4. What is the inciting incident in the novel and how does it propel the action forward?
5. How is Norm's childhood home described when Penny finds it in 2016?
6. How is Amalia described when she first appears in the 2016 timeline? What is her relationship like with Penny?
7. Where is the opening scene of the novel set? What is the significance of this setting?
8. What are Penny's impressions when she goes to the Stayfree house with Sorry for a potluck?
9. How is Penny's Manhattan apartment described? Why is she forced to vacate it?
10. Where is Norm's childhood home located? What is its history?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the characters of Norm and Amalia in Nicotine. With which parent was Penny closer growing up? Why? How have Penny's relationships with her parents changed over time?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and analyze the characters of Matt and Patrick in the novel. How old are these characters? What were their relationships like with their father? Who was their mother and what became of her?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss some of the topics for advocacy among the inhabitants of the CHA squatter houses. What important (and less important) issues do they take to task? How do they go about making their voices heard? Do you empathize with them? Why or why not?
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