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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the caseworker use while helping at Tender's employers' house?
2. What does Fertility want to do for "cemetery Tender"?
3. What does Tender say happens now when he sees a fellow Creedish Church member?
4. How do Fertility and Tender travel to the location of their third date?
5. What does the pilot of the hijacked plane tell Tender will stay on until the plane crashes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What diseases does the caseworker diagnose Tender with, and why does she do this?
2. What happens when Tender and Fertility are on the bus on their third date?
3. What method does Tender employ to teach the couple how to eat the lobster, and what does he discover as he is eating it?
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 did Tender Branson learn in school as a tender, and what rules is he supposed to follow in the outside world?
6. How does Tender feel about the caseworker's death?
7. Why is Adam allowed to get married while Tender is sent out into the world to work?
8. 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?
9. 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?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tender seems to be lacking self-esteem throughout the novel, and he never really has much of his own life. Tender becomes a sort of puppet for the people in his life who manipulate him and use him for their own purposes. Who in the novel does Tender seem to be a "puppet" for? How is he treated by the people in his life, from his employers to Fertility to the agent to the Creedish Church? What effect does this have on this character?
Essay Topic 2
In the first part of the novel, Tender has a job as a house cleaner for a very odd couple. Discuss Tender's job and what it entails. What does Tender have to say about the personal nature the job? How did Tender get this job and why does he have so much training and knowledge in this area? Give a description of Tender's employers.
Essay Topic 3
Tender Branson, the main character, becomes the last surviving member of the Creedish Church and undergoes a radical change, not only in appearance but also in personality. Describe the character of Tender Branson before and after he becomes a famous "religious celebrity." Discuss Tender's "double life" or the way America views him versus the way he presents himself to the reader. Provide examples from the book for both instances.
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