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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. Where does Tender get the answers to the questions he is asked on his television show?
3. After the Super Bowl, what do the media begin referring to Tender as?
4. What happens on Tender's television show?
5. Where does Tender meet Fertility after he learns he has to perform a miracle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Tender catches up to Fertility at the airport in chapter 3?
2. Once they return home, where do Fertility and Tender spend the night? Who sees Tender and what is ironic about the whole situation?
3. Who does the hijacker turn out to be? Explain.
4. Describe the Book of Very Common Prayer.
5. Describe the bathroom scene in the airport in New Orleans right before the Super Bowl.
6. What is Fertility's job? Explain Tender's reaction to it.
7. Why is it important for Tender to get married at the Super Bowl?
8. 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?
9. What does the agent and his team do to Tender while he is in New York? Why?
10. Is Fertility having more feelings for Tender after the Super Bowl? What evidence is there of this?
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
The author has an interesting approach to naming his characters. Discuss the significance of names in the novel. Include in your explanation the naming structure of the Creedish, the lack of names for the Creedish children, the lack of names for the caseworker and the agent and the irony of Fertility's name. What effect do these names, or lack thereof, have in the novel? Why did the author choose to name his characters in this manner?
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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