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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 drug does Sorry claim cigarettes have replaced for her when she meets Penny?

2. What does Norm do when presented with his pet cat in the hospice?

3. After how long did the drug trial release Sorry as a participant?

4. What television show does Norm request to watch when dismissing the hospice director in 2016?

5. What are Anka's parents' professions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolic significance of the water glasses that recur in the story?

2. What happens when Matt comes to confront the squatters at Nicotine the first time?

3. What is the relationship like between Matt and Penny?

4. What happens when Norm encounters Schubert in 2016? How does Penny interpret this action?

5. Where is the opening scene of the novel set? What is the significance of this setting?

6. How is Matt's relationship with his father characterized in 2005?

7. What are Penny's impressions when she goes to the Stayfree house with Sorry for a potluck?

8. What is the inciting incident in the novel and how does it propel the action forward?

9. How is Norm described in 2005? What is his relationship with Penny like based on this scene?

10. Who is Rob and how does Penny meet him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the narrative style of Nicotine. Is the story related in the present or past tense? Is the narrative from a first, second, or third-person point of view? How do these factors influence the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Define satire and irony and discuss how these terms apply to Nicotine. What are examples of dramatic irony in the story? What verbal irony can be seen? How does the author incorporate situational irony in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the protest that goes awry, leading to Sorry and Penny's detention. What are the women doing when they are arrested? Why are they arrested? Where are they detained? For how long are they detained?

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