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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 ChemoSolv supposedly do?

2. Where do Fertility, Adam and Tender hide out after the Super Bowl?

3. What does Fertility do as the Tender searched the plane?

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

5. How many predictions does Fertility decide to give Tender at a time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tender decide to do in front of everyone in the auditorium before one of his shows and why does he change his mind?

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

4. Tender has a weekly show called Peace of Mind where he sits down with a well-known journalist for interviews. What is Tender's response to the journalist's question about Tender's childhood? Is it accurate?

5. How does Tender feel about the miracles and Tender Branson's Miracle Minute?

6. While on the cross-country trip with Fertility and Adam, what is happening to Tender? Why?

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

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

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

10. Who does the hijacker turn out to be? Explain.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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