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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 can possibly make people angry about the Book of Very Common Prayer?

2. Where does Tender get the answers to the questions he is asked on his television show?

3. What event does Fertility write in her daily planner before she goes to catch a plane?

4. What is the first rebellion of a young person, according to Adam?

5. Where does Tender bury Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Tender and Fertility stay each night on their trip home from Nebraska?

2. What is happening in Tender and Fertility's relationship in chapters 23 and 22?

3. Describe the PornFill project and what it ultimately does.

4. Describe the bathroom scene in the airport in New Orleans right before the Super Bowl.

5. Where does Tender get the miracles he predicts on Tender Branson's Miracle Minute?

6. Is Fertility having more feelings for Tender after the Super Bowl? What evidence is there of this?

7. What does Adam convince Tender to do after he is injured in the car crash? How does he do it?

8. Once they return home, where do Fertility and Tender spend the night? Who sees Tender and what is ironic about the whole situation?

9. Why does Tender agree to everything that the agent and PR team want to do to him in New York?

10. What does Adam say that the Creedish did to the tenders and the biddies to discourage them from having sex?

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

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

The idea of patterns seems to be an underlying theme in the novel. Both the agent and Fertility have explanations they tell Tender about how life is full of patterns, and you only have to pay attention to know what is going to happen next. Provide examples of the theme of patterns in the novel. Are Fertility and the agent right about their idea of patterns? Why or why not?

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