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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. When did the tenders and biddies in the Creedish Church have to leave the colony?
2. How do Fertility and Tender travel to the location of their third date?
3. What does Fertility agree to do in order to meet "phone Tender"?
4. What were the Creedish supposed to do when God called them?
5. What happened after the FBI started to investigate the Creedish Church?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does naming or rank work in the Creedish Church culture?
2. 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?
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. When Tender asks Fertility about the guy that she met in the cemetery, what thoughts and observations does she share about him?
5. Why does Tender have a caseworker?
6. After the agent arranges to pick Tender up, what does Tender call Fertility from the plane to ask her and what is her response?
7. What method does Tender employ to teach the couple how to eat the lobster, and what does he discover as he is eating it?
8. Who does Tender encounter while on the bus with Fertility? How does he react and what comment does Fertility make about the encounter later?
9. How does Tender feel about being diagnosed with illnesses by his caseworker and why?
10. What is the exchange between the pilot and Tender Branson before the pilot leaves the hijacked plane?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tender and Adam are twin brothers, but they are also seemingly opposites. Describe the relationship between Tender and Adam. What are the similarities and differences between Tender and Adam? What accounts for the similarities? The differences? Describe how these characters interact.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the character of Fertility Hollis. Where does Tender first meet Fertility and what are the circumstances under which they develop a relationship? What does the character of Fertility bring to the novel as a whole? What is the significance of her character on the plot? What happens to Fertility at the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
The author has an interesting approach to naming his characters. Discuss the significance of names in the novel. Include in your explanation the naming structure of the Creedish, the lack of names for the Creedish children, the lack of names for the caseworker and the agent and the irony of Fertility's name. What effect do these names, or lack thereof, have in the novel? Why did the author choose to name his characters in this manner?
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