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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 is Tender's new television show called?

2. What does Fertility reveal about herself that makes her choice of work ironic?

3. What drove Tender's brother, Adam, out of hiding?

4. Which of the following is NOT part of Tender's makeover?

5. What does Adam do when they are close to PornFill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is it important for Tender to get married at the Super Bowl?

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

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

8. How do Fertility, Tender and Adam plan to escape New Orleans after the Super Bowl? Where are they headed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Themes are a vital part of the complete package of a novel, presenting unifying and recurrent ideas that tie a novel together and give the it meaning. The novel "Survivor" hits on many important themes. Discuss some of the themes of the novel including religion, loyalty, perception, and the relationship between power and sex.

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