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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. How much is Fertility paid each time she has sex with a client?

2. How long has the agent's company been waiting to see who the last Creedish member would be?

3. What disaster does Tender choose to reveal as his miracle?

4. Who does Fertility say will be found dead before the game?

5. What do the agent and his PR team want to do for Tender?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the agent and his team do to Tender while he is in New York? Why?

3. What are Tender's memories of his childhood? What is Adam's reaction to Tender's memories?

4. What happens after Tender's big "miracle" at the Super Bowl? Why?

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

6. Describe the Genesis Campaign. Why did the agent feel it was necessary?

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

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

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

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 seems to be lacking self-esteem throughout the novel, and he never really has much of his own life. Tender becomes a sort of puppet for the people in his life who manipulate him and use him for their own purposes. Who in the novel does Tender seem to be a "puppet" for? How is he treated by the people in his life, from his employers to Fertility to the agent to the Creedish Church? What effect does this have on this character?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Fertility Hollis. Where does Tender first meet Fertility and what are the circumstances under which they develop a relationship? What does the character of Fertility bring to the novel as a whole? What is the significance of her character on the plot? What happens to Fertility at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between power and sex is recurring throughout the novel, and its obvious hold on Tender is an important element of this character's personality and journey. Discuss the relationship between power and sex as it is described and used in the novel. How does this affect Tender? What does this relationship have to do with some of the teachings of the Creedish Church?

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