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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. How long has Tender had a caseworker?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) One year.
(d) Five years.

2. What does Tender get the night before he is to go out into the real world?
(a) A bunch of money.
(b) A new name.
(c) A hair cut.
(d) A wife.

3. What does Fertility tell "phone Tender" about her boss?
(a) He assaulted her.
(b) He gave her a raise.
(c) He is mean.
(d) He's kind of like her booking agent.

4. Tender gives detailed instructions to his employers on the proper way to eat a certain food? What was that food?
(a) Steak.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Oysters.

5. Who does Tender want to talk to his caseworker about?
(a) His landlord.
(b) His family.
(c) Fertility Hollis.
(d) His employers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is present around Tender's caseworker's dead body?

2. What do a lot of the Creedish Church members have issues with, including Tender?

3. Where does the caseworker come to meet Tender?

4. What does Fertility agree to do in order to meet "phone Tender"?

5. What happened after the FBI started to investigate the Creedish Church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. After finding out that Tender Branson is the last remaining survivor of the Creedish church, who tries to get into contact with him and what do they want?

4. What does Fertility Hollis ask Tender when she calls his suicide hotline, and what reasons does she give for thinking that it is a good time for her to commit suicide?

5. What is Tender's strategy for his first "date" with Fertility and a possible relationship with her?

6. 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?

7. After Tender's first "date" with Fertility, he returns to his apartment and picks up the ringing phone, thinking it will be Fertility. Who is on the other end and what is the conversation between Tender and the caller?

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

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

10. How does Tender feel as he realizes he is the last remaining survivor of the Creedish Church?

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