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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 will the police think is Tender's motive for killing the Creedish?

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

3. How often is Tender's television show on the air?

4. The morning after sleeping together, what surprising news does Fertility give to Tender?

5. What does ChemoSolv supposedly do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Book of Very Common Prayer.

4. Where does Tender get the miracles he predicts on Tender Branson's Miracle Minute?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Tender and Adam are twin brothers, but they are also seemingly opposites. Describe the relationship between Tender and Adam. What are the similarities and differences between Tender and Adam? What accounts for the similarities? The differences? Describe how these characters interact.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Tender gives bits and pieces of his past to the reader. The reader is able to piece together Tender's past and identify how he came to be the way that he is in the present. Tender, however, seems reluctant to share this information with the reader, much as he is with the caseworker. Discuss Tender's views on memories and his past. Is there a discrepancy between Tender's memories and what really happened in his past? Why? How does the reader discover this?

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