View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charles last see Donna?

2. What does Luckman say the people who are after Arctor may have done to his house?

3. What part of Arctor's car does not work?

4. How does Kinberly react when Arctor offers to take her to a friend's?

5. What did Thelma want the three men to destroy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arctor think someone may have tampered with his car?

2. What is a scramble suit?

3. What does Arctor accuse Barris of?

4. Why does Fred have to visit Room 203?

5. Why does Barris not trust Arctor?

6. What does Arctor ruminate about the relationship between dealers and narcotics agents?

7. How does Barris make cocaine from the Solarcaine?

8. Who does Arctor have to find at the end of the chapter?

9. How did Thelma become a reminder to the three men about how straights are their foes?

10. What problems does Arctor have with his car on the way home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dick wrote A SCANNER DARKLY in the 1970s, but set it in 1994. Do you think it is an accurate portrayal of the future? What happened in the 1970s that suggested the future would evolve in that way?

Essay Topic 2

A SCANNER DARKLY is part of the science fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the novel help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in A SCANNER DARKLY?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it important that drug addiction is addressed by someone who has experienced it? Do you think America has ever seriously addressed people like Dick's views on drugs?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 779 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample