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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. In total, how many superiors does Felix Buckman have above him at work?

2. Felix Buckman knows Kathy as a "girl who only turn in individuals whom she" (86) what?

3. What kind of pet does Kathy own?

4. Alys had surgery to remove what kind of "centers," (91) according to Felix Buckman?

5. Kathy offends Jason Taverner by making a wrong guess about which of his qualities?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does Felix Buckman provide for his claim to Alys that she could never get him fired from his position as police general?

2. What are "bleps" (52) and how do they enter the narrative?

3. In what way does the narration of Chapter 7 differ from the narration present in Chapters 1 through 6?

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

5. How is foreshadowing used within scenes involving Kathy?

6. What epiphany about celebrity does Jason have in Chapter 8 and why?

7. Who is Ruth Rae?

8. What is ironic about the police's admonishment of Jason Taverner's comment to Ruth Rae?

9. Describe the events at the hospital.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Philip K. Dick's choice to tell the story of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Philip K. Dick’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said and what is Philip K. Dick’s message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Philip K. Dick in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are effectively used and discuss how the sensory details help with Philip K. Dick’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

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