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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 reveal about herself that makes her choice of work ironic?
2. What does Tender begin to have on his journey with Fertility and Adam?
3. What prediction or "miracle" does Tender announce at the Super Bowl?
4. In what city is the Super Bowl taking place?
5. Where are Fertility, Tender and Adam headed when they leave the Super Bowl?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tender decide to do in front of everyone in the auditorium before one of his shows and why does he change his mind?
2. While on the cross-country trip with Fertility and Adam, what is happening to Tender? Why?
3. Describe the PornFill project and what it ultimately does.
4. How do Tender and Adam "lose" Fertility on their cross-country trip after the Super Bowl?
5. Tender has a weekly show called Peace of Mind where he sits down with a well-known journalist for interviews. What is Tender's response to the journalist's question about Tender's childhood? Is it accurate?
6. What does Tender tell the agent that alarms him and why is the agent alarmed by this information?
7. Once they return home, where do Fertility and Tender spend the night? Who sees Tender and what is ironic about the whole situation?
8. Describe the Book of Very Common Prayer.
9. What does Adam say that the Creedish did to the tenders and the biddies to discourage them from having sex?
10. Is Fertility having more feelings for Tender after the Super Bowl? What evidence is there of this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One of the most prevalent relationships in the novel is the relationship between Tender and Fertility Hollis. This relationship is also strange and complicated. Discuss the relationship between Fertility and Tender. How does this relationship come about? What is the nature of the relationship in the beginning? How does the relationship change and progress throughout the novel? What is the nature of the relationship at the end of the novel? Describe the feelings of the characters and give examples of where and how the reader sees these feelings showcased.
Essay Topic 2
The author has an interesting approach to naming his characters. Discuss the significance of names in the novel. Include in your explanation the naming structure of the Creedish, the lack of names for the Creedish children, the lack of names for the caseworker and the agent and the irony of Fertility's name. What effect do these names, or lack thereof, have in the novel? Why did the author choose to name his characters in this manner?
Essay Topic 3
Who is your favorite secondary character in the novel and why? What is their relationship with Tender? What does this character add or take away from the novel? What happens to this character in the end of the novel? Does this character grow or evolve over the course of the novel?
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