Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Penny read when she goes to try and sleep at the DJD house?
2. What does Rob buy with the $50 he won from the nicotine bet?
3. 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)?
4. Who packs up the belongings of the residents of the Nicotine house after Matt's assault?
5. What hashtag was used for the protest in which Sorry and Penny were arrested?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of foods do the inhabitants of Nicotine eat? Where do they procure their food?
2. What is the political atmosphere like in the main (contemporary) timeline of the novel?
3. Why does Penny go to the DJD to sleep? How is this setting described?
4. What do Jazz, Rob, and Sorry decide to do after the encounter with Matt at Nicotine?
5. How does Jazz justify her relationship with Matt when she first tells Penny about it?
6. How does Penny learn about the conflict with Matt at Nicotine?
7. What does Amalia discover when she first goes to Nicotine?
8. Why do Rob and Jazz (along with Penny) go to the DJD for a week?
9. What electronic device does Matt show Jazz when she visits his house?
10. Where are Jazz's housemates when Matt first comes to see her? What do they do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Discuss the theme of family dysfunction in Nicotine. How does this theme play out through the characters within Penny's family? What are her relationships with these characters? How do this theme and these characters evolve in the course of the story?
|
This section contains 832 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
