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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 word from the novel refers to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being?

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

3. What does "WTO" refer to in the context of the novel?

4. What was the maiden name of Patrick and Matt's mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. To what issue does Sorry attribute her smoking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of sex and romance in Nicotine. How do these themes play out through the main characters? What symbolism relates to these themes? Would you consider the relationships in the novel to be healthy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the journey made by Rob, Jazz, and Sorry in the novel. Where do they go? Why are they fleeing Jersey City? What destination do they finally arrive at? Where do they go in the ending of the novel?

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