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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 type of bugs does Fabin believe is plaguing him?

2. Who was the teenage girl raped by?

3. What does Hank want to use Arctor's house for?

4. What did the teenage girl's brothers do for a living?

5. Where is Fred summoned to after his meeting with Hank?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arctor use Donna?

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

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

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

5. Describe Jerry's life.

6. What is a scramble suit?

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

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

9. Why does Barris not trust Arctor?

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

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 2

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Dick use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character, examine the way Dick uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1970s? How does Dick express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

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