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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 was the name of the book that the caseworker gave Tender to read?
(a) "The Catcher in the Rye."
(b) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders."
(c) "How to Love and Heal Yourself."
(d) "The Disease Management Manual."

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

3. Why does the caseworker diagnose Tender with a new disease every week?
(a) Because she can't figure out his real problems.
(b) Because he doesn't have any disorders.
(c) She is trying to get a graduate degree in psychology.
(d) She just wants to do it for fun.

4. Who does Tender meet in the cemetery?
(a) His mother.
(b) Trevor Hollis.
(c) Adam.
(d) Fertility Hollis.

5. How does Tender feel when he sees the obituaries of the suicide deaths?
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Regretful.
(d) Disappointed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fertility want to do for "cemetery Tender"?

2. Who does Tender want to talk to his caseworker about?

3. What does Fertility agree to do in order to meet "phone Tender"?

4. Where does Fertility tell Tender that Trevor took her when Trevor was still alive?

5. What does Tender get the night before he is to go out into the real world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tender have a caseworker?

2. 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?

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

4. How does Tender feel about Fertility's dreams and what is her response to him?

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

6. Explain the relationship between Fertility and Tender in chapter 36. What are the differences between Fertility's impressions of the Tender she sees in person and the Tender she speaks to on the phone?

7. What is happening as the novel opens?

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

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

10. 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?

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