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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 did Norm call tabby cats?

2. After how long did the drug trial release Sorry as a participant?

3. What drug does Penny say her father used to heal people at his retreat?

4. What is Jazz's real name?

5. In what country does Sorry say she is a citizen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the inhabitants at Nicotine when Penny first visits?

2. How is Matt's relationship with his father characterized in 2005?

3. What is in the vacant bedroom across from Sorry's room? What is its history?

4. What leads up to the sexual encounter between Penny and Jazz?

5. What are Norm's circumstances in 2016? Where is he?

6. How is Norm described in 2005? What is his relationship with Penny like based on this scene?

7. Why does Penny keep her family associations with Nicotine secret when she first meets the inhabitants?

8. What happens when Norm encounters Schubert in 2016? How does Penny interpret this action?

9. How is Penny's Manhattan apartment described? Why is she forced to vacate it?

10. What are Penny's impressions when she goes to the Stayfree house with Sorry for a potluck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of nicotine in the novel. What does nicotine in its various forms (chew, cigarettes, cigars, etc.) represent to the main characters? Why is the squatter house named Nicotine? How does irony apply to this name?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the author's language and literary style. How would you characterize the style of dialogue used by the characters? What aspects of contemporary culture are integrated into Zink's writing style? How is Zink's writing reviewed by critics?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the different squatter houses under the umbrella of the CHA. What is the theme of each house? What are the conditions of each house? Who are the houses' inhabitants?

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