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 Jazz tell Matt after their sexual fantasy interlude involving the balcony and virtual realty?
2. How does Matt enter the Nicotine house in the middle of the night when he cannot sleep?
3. Why does Penny tell Jazz that if the family did probate, she, her mother, Patrick, and Matt would each receive equal shares of her father's estate?
4. Who books a hotel room for the former Nicotine inhabitants on their second night of flight?
5. When Jazz calls Penny from Oklahoma, she tells her that the money she has now is from what last job?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Penny learn about her parents' marriage from Amalia?
2. What is the significance of puppets in the novel?
3. What does jazz advise Rob to explore in regards to his sexuality?
4. What electronic device does Matt show Jazz when she visits his house?
5. What feelings does Tony express about Penny at the TTIP rally?
6. Where do Rob, Sorry, and Jazz stay in Taos? Why?
7. To what issue does Sorry attribute her smoking?
8. What types of foods do the inhabitants of Nicotine eat? Where do they procure their food?
9. Where are Jazz's housemates when Matt first comes to see her? What do they do?
10. What are "the Tombs" and how does Penny end up there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Identify and discuss three symbols in Nicotine. What does each symbol represent? How does the symbol connect to the novel's overarching themes? What characters are connected to each symbol?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the conflict between Matt and the residents of Nicotine that plays out when Matt breaks into the front door. What characters are involved in a physical dispute? How does it play out? What are the repercussions of this event?
|
This section contains 843 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
