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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. Which of the following characters deals drugs but does not use them?
(a) The Vigilante
(b) Bradley the Buyer
(c) The Exterminator
(d) The Sailor

2. What do the freed addicts raid once they are freed from the psychiatric hospital?
(a) Drug stores
(b) Pet stores
(c) Electronics stores
(d) Candy stores

3. Where is the Vigilante sent for his crimes?
(a) An international circus
(b) A state prison
(c) A federal prison
(d) A federal psychiatric hospital

4. Where is Joselito’s diagnosing doctor from?
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) Poland
(d) Switzerland

5. What is Dr. Benway’s new project called?
(a) Amsterdam Incorporated
(b) Islam Incorporated
(c) Smithson Company
(d) International Diatribe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Sailor receives what from a passing messenger after his meeting?

2. What do the students in the classroom turn into at the end of Chapter 10?

3. How does NG Joe administer heroin to help with his disorder?

4. When was the Rime of the Ancient Mariner published?

5. What creatures feed off the Mugwumps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Vigilante’s character in the novel? How does the Vigilante change?

2. William looks down on the other passengers of the bus because they do not know anything about the drug subculture but pretend to in “And Start West.” Why is this significant to the novel’s themes?

3. What is symbolized by the Professor’s lecture in “Campus of Interzone University”?

4. How does William deal with the deaths of his friends in “The Rube”? Why is this significant?

5. What happens when William Lee meets Miguel in “Lazarus Go Home”?

6. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

7. How is Joselito described? Where is he in the beginning of the chapter named for him?

8. How is the plot structure of “And Start West” different from the plot structures of the other vignettes in the novel?

9. How does William describe the Vigilante in terms of his “humanity”?

10. Why is Willy at Hassan’s Hospital in “Hospital”? How is his situation described?

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