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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 virtue does Jason Taverner believe to be overrated?

2. How old is Kathy, the young woman to whom the motel clerk takes Jason?

3. What major commonality do Jason Taverner and Heather Hart share?

4. Jason Taverner asks Ruth Rae about which former lover of his own?

5. What sort of hair does Heather Hart have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What or who is Cheerful Charley?

2. How is foreshadowing used within scenes involving Kathy?

3. Who is Ruth Rae?

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

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

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

7. What motivation does Kathy have for wanting to help Jason Taverner?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine Philip K. Dick’s message within the novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said regarding the power of the individual.

Essay Topic 2

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Write a critical essay about Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

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