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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tender's name come from?
(a) It is his grandfather's name.
(b) It is his rank in Creedish culture.
(c) His mother made it up.
(d) He had it changed when he moved to the outside world.

2. Where does Tender discover his caseworker dead?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) In her house.
(c) At his employers' house.
(d) At his house.

3. Where does the caseworker come to meet Tender?
(a) The library.
(b) At his employers' house.
(c) His apartment.
(d) McDonalds.

4. What was the name of the book that the caseworker gave Tender to read?
(a) "How to Love and Heal Yourself."
(b) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders."
(c) "The Catcher in the Rye."
(d) "The Disease Management Manual."

5. What is Tender's daytime job?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a minister.
(c) He is a housecleaner.
(d) He is a social worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tender look for the obituaries of the people who have killed themselves while on the phone with him?

2. What is the main character's family name?

3. What does Fertility do when Tender upsets her on their third date?

4. What is the name of Tender's brother's wife?

5. What does Tender do after the pilot leaves the plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Tender encounter while on the bus with Fertility? How does he react and what comment does Fertility make about the encounter later?

2. How does Tender feel about the caseworker's death?

3. What was done to inspire the tenders and the biddies to get "perfect" before they left for the real world? What does Tender say about this?

4. Explain the relationship between Fertility and Tender in chapter 36. What are the differences between Fertility's impressions of the Tender she sees in person and the Tender she speaks to on the phone?

5. Why does Tender have a caseworker?

6. How does Tender feel about Fertility's dreams and what is her response to him?

7. What happens when Tender and Fertility are on the bus on their third date?

8. Describe Tender's job and the duties involved.

9. What does Tender reveal is the practice for the tenders and biddies before they go out into the real world? What do they do in preparation?

10. What method does Tender employ to teach the couple how to eat the lobster, and what does he discover as he is eating it?

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