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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. When does Tender first see the Book of Very Common Prayer?

2. Who claims responsibility for the caseworker's death?

3. What is Fertility's real name?

4. What does the agent decide to call Tender's brief television spots?

5. When did the media team write Tender's autobiography?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does the hijacker turn out to be? Explain.

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

4. Describe the Book of Very Common Prayer.

5. Where do Tender and Fertility stay each night on their trip home from Nebraska?

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

7. What does Tender tell the agent that alarms him and why is the agent alarmed by this information?

8. Why does Tender agree to everything that the agent and PR team want to do to him in New York?

9. How do Tender and Adam "lose" Fertility on their cross-country trip after the Super Bowl?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Fertility Hollis. Where does Tender first meet Fertility and what are the circumstances under which they develop a relationship? What does the character of Fertility bring to the novel as a whole? What is the significance of her character on the plot? What happens to Fertility at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between power and sex is recurring throughout the novel, and its obvious hold on Tender is an important element of this character's personality and journey. Discuss the relationship between power and sex as it is described and used in the novel. How does this affect Tender? What does this relationship have to do with some of the teachings of the Creedish Church?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Creedish Church using details from the novel. How does the name structure of the Creedish work? Who is allowed to get married and what happens to everyone else? What did the Creedish elders do the young children who would be sent out to work and why? Why did the Creedish commit suicide, and what were the circumstances that led to this?

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