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

2. Whose idea was the Book of Very Common Prayer?

3. What gets lodged in Adam's eye?

4. How many copies of the Book of Very Common Prayer are sold?

5. Where is the Creedish land located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tender tell the agent that alarms him and why is the agent alarmed by this information?

2. What evidence do the police have to suspect Tender of the murders of the agent and the caseworker?

3. What happens when Tender catches up to Fertility at the airport in chapter 3?

4. Describe the Book of Very Common Prayer.

5. What explanations does Fertility use to assure Tender that he did not actually kill Trevor and Adam?

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

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

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. How do Tender and Adam "lose" Fertility on their cross-country trip after the Super Bowl?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How do you feel about the character of Tender Branson in the novel "Survivor"? Do you sympathize with Tender, or do you think he is a pathetic character? Give your reasons in detail. Is it possible for this character to have changed or evolved had he found a way off of the airplane at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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