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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method of transport does Alys use to get in and out of Felix Buckman's office unseen by others?
(a) The descent tube.
(b) The stairs.
(c) The ascent tube.
(d) The elevator.

2. Jason Taverner asks Ruth Rae about which former lover of his own?
(a) Monica Buff.
(b) Marilyn Mason.
(c) Barbara Ball.
(d) Maddie Moon.

3. Mr. McNulty is the man who takes what action in relation to Kathy's work for the pols?
(a) He gives her assignments.
(b) He sends her referrals.
(c) He pays her.
(d) He sets her quota.

4. Alys had surgery to remove what kind of "centers," (91) according to Felix Buckman?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Human.

5. To whom does Jason Taverner place his second phone call after waking up in an unfamiliar place?
(a) The birth records office in Iowa.
(b) The birth records office of California.
(c) The birth records office of Illinois.
(d) The birth records office of Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cheerful Charley is a talking doll that tells Jason Taverner to contact whom?

2. What sort of hair does Heather Hart have?

3. Inspector McNulty tells Jason that Jack has been dead for how long?

4. Who tells Jason Taverner to contact Heather Hart?

5. With what kind of gun does Jason Taverner have experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting in which Jason wakes up just after he is aware of being in the hospital?

2. Discuss a moment in the text when someone whom Jason Taverner had previously considered somewhat useless provides him with crucial help.

3. What reward does Kathy demand in return for her promise not to inform on Jason Taverner?

4. In what ways does Buckman consider himself different from other law enforcement officials?

5. What violent incident occurs at the site of Marilyn Mason's apartment?

6. To what location does the quibble driver take Jason Taverner and for what purpose?

7. What confession does Kathy make to Jason after pulling him into a closet in her apartment?

8. Name the jobs of the following people in Chapter 1: Jason Taverner, Heather Hart, Al Bliss, Bill Wolfer, and Mory Mann.

9. What is the connection between Jason and Marilyn Mason and how does he feel when she calls him?

10. Discuss Philip K. Dick's use of allusion in concert with the depiction of Felix Buckman.

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