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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. The headquarters of the CHA are in a former commercial building called what?

2. What is Tony doing when Penny visits Amalia's home in Morristown after the Matt assault at Nicotine?

3. What does Penny read when she goes to try and sleep at the DJD house?

4. Who books a hotel room for the former Nicotine inhabitants on their second night of flight?

5. After about how many hours are Penny and Sorry released after their arrest during the protest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What types of foods do the inhabitants of Nicotine eat? Where do they procure their food?

5. How does Penny learn about the conflict with Matt at Nicotine?

6. What does Penny learn about her parents' marriage from Amalia?

7. Why do Rob and Jazz (along with Penny) go to the DJD for a week?

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

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

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

Compare and contrast the characters of Jazz and Sorry in the novel. How old are these characters? What are their likes and dislikes? How well do they get along? How are they different from one another?

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 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?

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