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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 does Fertility tell Tender she has come to realize about everything in life?

2. Where are Fertility, Tender and Adam headed when they leave the Super Bowl?

3. After the Super Bowl, what do the media begin referring to Tender as?

4. What is the name of Tender's new perfume?

5. What does ChemoSolv supposedly do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Fertility, Tender and Adam plan to escape New Orleans after the Super Bowl? Where are they headed?

2. What does Adam convince Tender to do after he is injured in the car crash? How does he do it?

3. Where does Tender get the miracles he predicts on Tender Branson's Miracle Minute?

4. Why is it important for Tender to get married at the Super Bowl?

5. What does the agent and his team do to Tender while he is in New York? Why?

6. What explanations does Fertility use to assure Tender that he did not actually kill Trevor and Adam?

7. Describe the bathroom scene in the airport in New Orleans right before the Super Bowl.

8. While on the cross-country trip with Fertility and Adam, what is happening to Tender? Why?

9. Describe the Book of Very Common Prayer.

10. What are Tender's memories of his childhood? What is Adam's reaction to Tender's memories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Tender becomes a "religious celebrity" he is placed in the hands of PR and marketing teams whose job it is to sell Tender as a product to the masses. Shortly after, the teams come up with every product under the sun exploiting Tender and the Creedish faith, including a fake bible, dashboard statuettes, television shows, diets and board games. Discuss the idea of selling religion to people. What did the agent and the PR and marketing teams hope to accomplish by selling Tender as a product? Were they just in it to make money? What does their success say about the masses of people who bought into their product? How is this relevant in the real world?

Essay Topic 2

Tender and Adam are twin brothers, but they are also seemingly opposites. Describe the relationship between Tender and Adam. What are the similarities and differences between Tender and Adam? What accounts for the similarities? The differences? Describe how these characters interact.

Essay Topic 3

Tender seems to be lacking self-esteem throughout the novel, and he never really has much of his own life. Tender becomes a sort of puppet for the people in his life who manipulate him and use him for their own purposes. Who in the novel does Tender seem to be a "puppet" for? How is he treated by the people in his life, from his employers to Fertility to the agent to the Creedish Church? What effect does this have on this character?

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