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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. After Tender receives his mysterious phone call, how many survivors does the caseworker tell him are left?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Five.
(c) None.
(d) One.

2. What flight did the main character hijack?
(a) Flight 2003.
(b) Flight 2903.
(c) Flight 2309.
(d) Flight 300.

3. How do Fertility and Tender travel to the location of their third date?
(a) The bus.
(b) His car.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A hot-air balloon.

4. What did the FBI discover when they went to the Creedish colony to investigate the complaint?
(a) Many children were abused and neglected.
(b) Many children had no birth certificate.
(c) Many of the older men had guns.
(d) The wives were being held against their will.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the occurrences that Fertility can predict through her dreams?
(a) A gas station will explode.
(b) Hundreds of canaries will escape from a pet store.
(c) A lion will escape from the zoo.
(d) A crystal chandelier will fall in a hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Creedish culture, what does a girl's name change to when she gets married?

2. What does Fertility do when Tender upsets her on their third date?

3. How does the caseworker help Tender in his duties at his employers' house?

4. Where has Tender deplaned all the other passengers of the flight he has hijacked?

5. How old is Tender when he leaves the Creedish Church District?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the exchange between the pilot and Tender Branson before the pilot leaves the hijacked plane?

2. What is Tender told about the outside world the night before he leaves the Creedish Church District, and who is the source of the information?

3. 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?

4. What happens when Tender and Fertility are on the bus on their third date?

5. What is Tender's strategy for his first "date" with Fertility and a possible relationship with her?

6. Why does Tender steal the flowers from the cemetery and what does he say he is doing with them when people ask?

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

8. Describe Tender's job and the duties involved.

9. Who does Tender encounter while on the bus with Fertility? How does he react and what comment does Fertility make about the encounter later?

10. How does Tender feel about being diagnosed with illnesses by his caseworker and why?

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