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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fertility tell "phone Tender" about her boss?
(a) He assaulted her.
(b) He gave her a raise.
(c) He's kind of like her booking agent.
(d) He is mean.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the phrases spoken between Creedish Church members in the outside world?
(a) May our efforts bring all those around us to Heaven.
(b) May you die with all your work complete.
(c) May you live long and prosper.
(d) May you be a complete service in your lifetime.

3. What does Fertility agree to do in order to meet "phone Tender"?
(a) To set Tender's employers' house on fire.
(b) To take the guy from the cemetery on a date.
(c) To get a haircut.
(d) To sleep with the guy from the cemetery.

4. What did the FBI do when they went to the Creedish colony to investigate the complaint?
(a) Took the adults into custody.
(b) Took pictures of their homes and children.
(c) Questioned all the men.
(d) Did head counts of all the children.

5. How old is Tender when he leaves the Creedish Church District?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the caseworker use while helping at Tender's employers' house?

2. What did the FBI discover when they went to the Creedish colony to investigate the complaint?

3. What do a lot of the Creedish Church members have issues with, including Tender?

4. What does Fertility reveal to "phone Tender" that she knows about "cemetery Tender"?

5. What did the media label the Creedish Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tender have a caseworker?

2. What is happening as the novel opens?

3. How does naming or rank work in the Creedish Church culture?

4. After finding out that Tender Branson is the last remaining survivor of the Creedish church, who tries to get into contact with him and what do they want?

5. What was done to inspire the tenders and the biddies to get "perfect" before they left for the real world? What does Tender say about this?

6. How does Tender feel about the caseworker's death?

7. When Tender asks Fertility about the guy that she met in the cemetery, what thoughts and observations does she share about him?

8. What does Tender reveal is the practice for the tenders and biddies before they go out into the real world? What do they do in preparation?

9. Who is Trevor Hollis and what happens between Trevor and Tender Branson?

10. What is the discussion between Tender and his caseworker after he believes he has taken a call from the killer of the Creedish survivors? Why does she tell him not to worry?

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