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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 "phone Tender" initially tell Fertility she has to do before he can meet her in person?

2. What does Tender say that the tenders in the Creedish community were not allowed to have?

3. In chapter 36, who is Tender convinced that he received a phone call from?

4. As Fertility is reminiscing about Trevor while on her first "date" with Tender, what does she ask Tender to do?

5. Where has Tender deplaned all the other passengers of the flight he has hijacked?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the agent arranges to pick Tender up, what does Tender call Fertility from the plane to ask her and what is her response?

2. Who is Trevor Hollis and what happens between Trevor and Tender Branson?

3. What is happening as the novel opens?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What is Tender's strategy for his first "date" with Fertility and a possible relationship with her?

7. What would the exchange be like if Tender saw another member of the Creedish Church in the outside world?

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

9. What do Fertility and Tender do on their third date after they get off of the bus?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most prevalent relationships in the novel is the relationship between Tender and Fertility Hollis. This relationship is also strange and complicated. Discuss the relationship between Fertility and Tender. How does this relationship come about? What is the nature of the relationship in the beginning? How does the relationship change and progress throughout the novel? What is the nature of the relationship at the end of the novel? Describe the feelings of the characters and give examples of where and how the reader sees these feelings showcased.

Essay Topic 2

Who is your favorite secondary character in the novel and why? What is their relationship with Tender? What does this character add or take away from the novel? What happens to this character in the end of the novel? Does this character grow or evolve over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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