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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. Who is permitted to marry in the Creedish Church?
2. Why does Tender look for the obituaries of the people who have killed themselves while on the phone with him?
3. How does Tender communicate with his employers?
4. What does Tender reveal that someone leaked to the FBI ten years ago?
5. What does Fertility Hollis ask Tender when she calls his suicide hotline?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tender feel about the caseworker's death?
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. How does naming or rank work in the Creedish Church culture?
4. When Tender asks Fertility about the guy that she met in the cemetery, what thoughts and observations does she share about him?
5. What do Fertility and Tender do on their third date after they get off of the bus?
6. What is happening as the novel opens?
7. What is Tender's strategy for his first "date" with Fertility and a possible relationship with her?
8. Why does Tender have a caseworker?
9. How does Tender come to receive calls intended for a suicide prevention hotline and why does he continue to take them?
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
As Tender becomes a "religious celebrity" he is placed in the hands of PR and marketing teams whose job it is to sell Tender as a product to the masses. Shortly after, the teams come up with every product under the sun exploiting Tender and the Creedish faith, including a fake bible, dashboard statuettes, television shows, diets and board games. Discuss the idea of selling religion to people. What did the agent and the PR and marketing teams hope to accomplish by selling Tender as a product? Were they just in it to make money? What does their success say about the masses of people who bought into their product? How is this relevant in the real world?
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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