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

2. As Chapter 6 closes, what does the manila envelope that Frank and McCarthy receive contain?
(a) A manufacturer's contract.
(b) A certified check.
(c) A government permit.
(d) A court order.

3. What does the author use to establish the relationship between Frank and McCarthy, his foreman?
(a) Another character's observations.
(b) First person point-of-view.
(c) Physical description.
(d) Conversational dialog.

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

5. Why does Childan send samples of his merchandise to the university?
(a) To verify his client's accusations.
(b) To identify fingerprints on them.
(c) To save on shipping fees.
(d) To establish a new clientèle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Tagomi is now convinced that Baynes really is ___________.

2. What best describes the territory of the Rocky Mountain States?

3. What word best describes Wyndam-Matson's reaction when Rita tells him about The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?

4. How does the discussion between Joe and Juliana, inspired by Abendsen's novel, leave Juliana feeling?

5. What is learned about the role of Blacks in the PSA?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baynes react to Tagomi's apartment? How do his thoughts and reactions to Tagomi's possessions and comments further define his character?

2. How do Childan's and Frank's perception of the Germans and the Japanese differ? What motivates these views?

3. Childan says of the Kasouras, "these new young people, of the rising generation, who did not remember the days before the war or even the war itself, - they were the hope of the world." What is meant by this? How do the Kasouras appear to prove him right?

4. Compare the reactions of Childan, Calvin and Wyndam-Matson to the discovery of the fake guns. What point does the author seem to be making about the business world as he sees it?

5. In Chapter 5, Tagomi tells Baynes that many books like the I Ching and The Bible are alive. What does he mean by this? How does this appear to be supported in the text up to the close of this chapter ?

6. One way an author can develop character is through descriptions of physical appearance and behavior. What descriptions does the author give of Wyndam-Matson? How do these descriptions reflect the way he runs his business in regard to such things as his treatment of employees, production, and such?

7. While at a special session about the possible candidates for the new German Chancellor, Tagomi becomes ill and leaves. What factors cause him to take the chance of being shamed by his abrupt departure?

8. Bigotry is common and accepted without question in the former United States of Philip Dick's world. How does the author reveal this? What seems to be the reason behind this?

9. What does the reader learn about the fate of the Slavs and Africans? In what way is Dick continuing to keep his "fiction" tied to reality? What comment might he be making about some of the realities of true USA history?

10. In Chapter 5, what is further learned about the book The Grasshopper Lies Heavy from Rita's conversation with Wyndam-Matson? How does this conversation create a conflict between them?

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