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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. Who does Fred think informed the police that he was a suspicious character?

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

3. What has Barris left for Donna?

4. Who has Jerry Fabin been terrorized by for months?

5. Who was the teenage girl raped by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Arctor accuse Barris of?

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

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

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

6. How does Charles plan to get Donna into bed?

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

8. Why does Fred have to visit Room 203?

9. Describe Luckman's comedy routine?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dick writes A SCANNER DARKLY in the third person. Why do you think Dick chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Dick wrote it in the first person?

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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