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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. Jason Taverner escapes from the Buckman home by what method?
2. Felix Buckman attempts to get a leg up on Jason Taverner by claiming to be a what?
3. Into whom does Jason Taverner run on his way out of the police station?
4. Peg had tried and failed to attach what kind of surveillance device to Jason Taverner?
5. After Jason Taverner leaves Felix Buckman's office, Buckman orders surveillance on whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?
2. Who expresses strong disagreement with Jason Taverner's beliefs about family?
3. What does Felix Buckman conclude about why he feels such antipathy toward Alys?
4. What element of Felix Buckman's personality does Alys says she hates the most?
5. What does Alys say is the reason that she wants to help Jason Taverner?
6. To what metaphorical object does Felix Buckman liken his newfound tool for dealing with sixes?
7. What clue alerts Jason Taverner to the fact that Alys had planned their meeting outside the police station?
8. In what way does the character of Felix Buckman demonstrate the dangers of authoritarian police states?
9. During Jason Taverner's first interaction with Alys, what knowledge does he lack about Alys that the reader does not lack?
10. What surveillance method had failed to attach properly to Jason Taverner, according to Alys?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Philip K. Dick send within the pages of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said concerning the link between oppression and brutality?
Essay Topic 2
Determine Philip K. Dick’s message within the novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said regarding the power of the individual.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Philip K. Dick’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.
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