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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. Who does Tender want to talk to his caseworker about?
(a) His landlord.
(b) Fertility Hollis.
(c) His employers.
(d) His family.

2. After her first "date" with Tender, what does Fertility ask "phone Tender" when she calls him?
(a) If he is the same person.
(b) What he looks like.
(c) If they are finally allowed to meet.
(d) If he knew Trevor.

3. What does Tender do immediately after he discovers his caseworker's body?
(a) Hides the evidence.
(b) Drinks a strawberry daiquiri.
(c) Takes a swim in the pool.
(d) Cleans up before the police get there.

4. Where does the caseworker come to meet Tender?
(a) At his employers' house.
(b) His apartment.
(c) McDonalds.
(d) The library.

5. After his first "date" with Fertility, Tender returns to his apartment and receives a call from a man. What does he say?
(a) "Can you tell me where to find a seafood restaurant?"
(b) "May you be of complete service in your lifetime."
(c) "You must commit suicide."
(d) "Please help me."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Tender's brother and his brother's wife to the outside world?

2. What did Tender start doing after he learned of the suicides of those in the Survivor Retention Program?

3. What did the media label the Creedish Church?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the phrases spoken between Creedish Church members in the outside world?

5. At the end of chapter 32, what does Tender interrupt his story to report?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tender come to receive calls intended for a suicide prevention hotline and why does he continue to take them?

3. What does Fertility Hollis ask Tender when she calls his suicide hotline, and what reasons does she give for thinking that it is a good time for her to commit suicide?

4. After Tender's first "date" with Fertility, he returns to his apartment and picks up the ringing phone, thinking it will be Fertility. Who is on the other end and what is the conversation between Tender and the caller?

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

6. What does the caseworker usually ask Tender about, and how does he respond?

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

8. 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?

9. What diseases does the caseworker diagnose Tender with, and why does she do this?

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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