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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. What does "phone Tender" initially tell Fertility she has to do before he can meet her in person?
(a) Get a haircut.
(b) Steal some flowers for him.
(c) Set his employers' house on fire.
(d) Sleep with the man from the cemetery.

2. What was started to help protect remaining members of the Creedish Church "cult"?
(a) The Last Members of the Creedish Church Association.
(b) The Survivor Retention Program.
(c) The Creedish Coalition.
(d) Creedish Aid Fund.

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

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

5. What is the name of Fertility's boss?
(a) Dr. Ambrose.
(b) Mr. Thompson.
(c) Mr. Amir.
(d) Dr. Branson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tender say that the tenders in the Creedish community were not allowed to have?

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

3. What flight did the main character hijack?

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

5. What did Tender start doing after he learned of the suicides of those in the Survivor Retention Program?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tender asks Fertility about the guy that she met in the cemetery, what thoughts and observations does she share about him?

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

3. How does Tender come to receive calls intended for a suicide prevention hotline and why does he continue to take them?

4. What does the caseworker usually ask Tender about, and how does he respond?

5. What did Tender Branson learn in school as a tender, and what rules is he supposed to follow in the outside world?

6. What is happening as the novel opens?

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

8. Why does Tender have a caseworker?

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

10. What is the discussion between Tender and his caseworker after he believes he has taken a call from the killer of the Creedish survivors? Why does she tell him not to worry?

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