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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 Luckman say the people who are after Arctor may have done to his house?

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

3. What does Arctor mix the Solarcaine with?

4. What is the name of the 13-year -ld kid that tried to hold up a Pontiac?

5. What drug do Barris, Arctor and Luckman take?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barris make cocaine from the Solarcaine?

2. What tipped the medical staff off to the fact that Fred had a hemisphere split?

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

4. What does Fred say that is not part of his prepared text?

5. Why did Fred become an undercover narcotics agent?

6. What is a scramble suit?

7. How does Arctor use Donna?

8. Describe Jerry's life.

9. What do Hank and Fred discuss at their meeting?

10. Why does Donna decline to go and see Jerry at the clinic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express characters and themes:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine counter culture in America.

1) What is counter culture and how was counter culture in the 1970s different from counter culture today?

2) Why is A SCANNER DARKLY seen as a counter culture book?

3) How does Dick show the clash between the counter culture and normal society and how does this clash affect society in general?

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