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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 Tender do with the flowers he collects at the cemetery?
2. Who is permitted to marry in the Creedish Church?
3. What event would occur when God called the Creedish to save them from apocalypse?
4. What does Tender do after the pilot leaves the plane?
5. Tender was born how long after his older brother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the caseworker usually ask Tender about, and how does he respond?
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. 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?
5. Why does Tender steal the flowers from the cemetery and what does he say he is doing with them when people ask?
6. 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?
7. What is the exchange between the pilot and Tender Branson before the pilot leaves the hijacked plane?
8. How does naming or rank work in the Creedish Church culture?
9. 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?
10. Who is Trevor Hollis and what happens between Trevor and Tender Branson?
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
Discuss the character of Tender Branson, the main character in the novel. Include Tender's biographical details and a description of his personality. Consider the following questions: What is Tender's problem with personal relationships? How does Tender's childhood affect him? Why didn't Tender commit suicide when the other members of the Creedish Church did? How does Tender interact with the people he encounters in his life?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Creedish Church using details from the novel. How does the name structure of the Creedish work? Who is allowed to get married and what happens to everyone else? What did the Creedish elders do the young children who would be sent out to work and why? Why did the Creedish commit suicide, and what were the circumstances that led to this?
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