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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. Shura's work in Chapter 5 is interrupted by the death of whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

2. What is Shura's son's name?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Theo.
(c) Brian.
(d) James.

3. In Chapter 8, Shura synthesizes three different isomers of what?
(a) LSD.
(b) TMA.
(c) PCP.
(d) THC.

4. What substance does Adelph-1 contain?
(a) Copper.
(b) Sulphur.
(c) Zinc.
(d) Mercury.

5. Who does Alice ask for peyote from, following her near-death experience?
(a) Michael Fellinton.
(b) Roger Golding.
(c) Ben Marksman.
(d) Samuel Golding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does Shura offer to let Alice try on her first visit to see him?

2. Where is Shura going for a trip when he meets Alice?

3. Where did Alice grow up?

4. From whose point of view does the book shift to halfway through?

5. Where does Alice describe having had a panic attack with Shura?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Alice's actions at the Valentine's Day party in Chapter 19.

2. What news does Shura receive from Ursula in Chapter 24? What does he tell Alice?

3. What are some of the bad traits Alice describes of herself and Shura in Chapter 28?

4. What is the second occasion where Alice and Shura meet?

5. Describe Shura's notes following his experiment with Aleph-1 in Chapter 14.

6. What drug do Alice and Shura take in Chapter 26? What conversation does this lead to between them?

7. What drug experience does Alice share with Sam in Chapter 17?

8. How does Shura feel about Ursula upon his meeting Alice the second time?

9. What synthesis does Shura attempt in Chapter 5? What delays this work?

10. What is Shura's relationship to Dr. Andrew Walker Scott?

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