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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita, Wyndam-Matson's girlfriend, suggest that he should do to handle the problem which he learned about from Calvin?
(a) Escape to Canada.
(b) Murder the supplier.
(c) Confront the accuser.
(d) Bribe the police.

2. What Joe does suggest that Abendsen's living in a place called The High Castle reflects?
(a) Cowardly escaping adoring readers.
(b) Vainly treating himself as royalty.
(c) Safely getting a world perspective.
(d) Wisely seeking a peaceful retreat.

3. What makes Juliana question the fact that Joe says he is reading The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?
(a) It is approved only for the elite.
(b) He is an uneducated truck driver.
(c) She never sees him actually reading.
(d) It is banned where he comes from.

4. How does Mrs. Kasoura seem to Childan?
(a) Bashful.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Attractive.
(d) Standoffish.

5. How is the city of San Francisco described?
(a) As being left in ruins from the war.
(b) As making a strong economic comeback.
(c) As becoming a world cultural center.
(d) As rebuilding from a major earthquake.

6. What is Frank Frink worrying about when the reader first meets him?
(a) Losing his job.
(b) Angering his wife.
(c) Finding his friend.
(d) Buying a home.

7. What does Frank's question to the I Ching about Juliana suggest?
(a) He wishes they were still together.
(b) He regrets putting wealth above her love.
(c) He wants to avenge her captor.
(d) He feels ashamed he never approached her.

8. What does Childan's mystery client wish to purchase?
(a) Antique American furniture.
(b) Pre-war political buttons.
(c) Authentic Civil War guns.
(d) An ancient treasure map.

9. Tagomi expresses his dislike of the German practices toward what group of people?
(a) Farm laborers.
(b) Industrial workers.
(c) Foreign visitors.
(d) Elderly citizens.

10. What does Juliana feel the Germans have made little advancement in despite having gone to Mars?
(a) Radio.
(b) Television.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Mail.

11. What is discovered as being the source of W-M Corporation's real profit?
(a) Counterfeit war bonds.
(b) Fake antique guns.
(c) Imitation Chinese artifacts.
(d) Inferior construction materials.

12. What does the young driver's discovery about the character of Baynes suggest about the novel?
(a) The plot may move in a new direction.
(b) The point of view will change.
(c) The setting will shift to Europe.
(d) The main conflict is about to be resolved.

13. What upsets Tagomi causing him to leave the special session of the Foreign Office?
(a) A diagnosis he earlier received.
(b) Appetizers he was served.
(c) Loss of German supremacy.
(d) The evil in the world.

14. In Chapter 6, what does The Oracle predict that further distresses Tagomi?
(a) A global catastrophe..
(b) The destruction of the PSA.
(c) His own death.
(d) His wife will leave him.

15. What does Baynes make clear to Tagomi in Chapter 5 about Mr. Yatabe's visit?
(a) It must be recorded.
(b) It must be brief.
(c) It must be uncompensated.
(d) It must be secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Childan send samples of his merchandise to the university?

2. What are the pincos of Sacramento described as being?

3. When Childan returns to his office in Chapter 4, who does the client waiting for him claim to represent?

4. How does the simile, "like a little animal, not important, but smart" describe the way Joe acts?

5. According to Childan, what is special about some of the people his shop gives him the opportunity to meet?

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