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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 the pilot of the hijacked plane tell Tender will stay on until the plane crashes?
(a) The engines.
(b) The Auxiliary Power Unit.
(c) The autopilot.
(d) The windshield wipers.

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

3. How does the caseworker feel when she cures Tender of his "diseases"?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Proud.

4. Where does Tender meet Fertility for their first "date"?
(a) A French restaurant.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) A local nightclub.

5. What did Tender do before he let all the passengers off of the hijacked plane?
(a) He went to the bathroom.
(b) He learned how to fly the plane.
(c) He served the passengers dinner.
(d) He made them beg for their lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tender do immediately after he discovers his caseworker's body?

2. Who does Tender meet in the cemetery?

3. Why does Fertility become upset with Tender on their third date?

4. How old is Tender when he leaves the Creedish Church District?

5. When did the tenders and biddies in the Creedish Church have to leave the colony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Fertility and Tender do on their third date after they get off of the bus?

2. What is the exchange between the pilot and Tender Branson before the pilot leaves the hijacked plane?

3. What diseases does the caseworker diagnose Tender with, and why does she do this?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

9. Who is Trevor Hollis and what happens between Trevor and Tender Branson?

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

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