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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

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 2

The novel "Survivor" seems to contain a lot of trickery, deception and manipulation. Identify these instances in the novel. Which characters are the most prone to using means of deception to get their way? What is the outcome of the deception and manipulation used by the characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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