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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 is Special Agent Fred also known as?

2. What do the medical officers say there has has been a split between?

3. Why does Arctor have to edit himself out of the tapes?

4. What animal does Fred say he sees in the drawing?

5. Where does Arctor say he is employed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why don't Kimberly neighbors like the apartment building they live in?

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

5. How does Arctor make sure his roommates are away from the house for the whole day?

6. What happens if the right hemisphere takes control of someone's brain?

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

8. How does Arctor use Donna?

9. What does Hank tell Fred he should do every few days?

10. Why did Arctor's roomates visit Donna at her shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Philip K. Dick greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, science fiction. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by Dick and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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