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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. What does Joe do?

2. What do the teenage boys want to know?

3. What is inside the envelope from Dewey?

4. How did Bob's mother die?

5. What is significant about the date of August 15th?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it about Dewey's greeting to Joe that embarrasses them both and exemplifies why Joe has avoided all of his old friends and colleagues?

2. Who does Joe try to reach when he returns to the motel, and why is it so difficult?

3. What debilitating episode does Joe suffer from and how often do they occur?

4. What do Joe and Beth talk about when he calls her in the early morning hours?

5. What things draw his attention on the streets of the San Fernando Valley and why?

6. What does Joe learn about Teknologik?

7. What is the nightmare that Joe is barely surviving?

8. What other indications are there that make it clear that Joe is being monitored?

9. What happens to Bob's mother after she meets with Rose?

10. What unusual event occurs at the cemetery when Joe finally musters the strength to face his family's resting place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Joe have difficulty when he tries to withdraw more than usual from his own bank account? What kind of reception does he get from both the teller and the branch manager, despite the fact that they both know him by sight? How is that in direct contradiction from the behavior of any savings institution when money is being deposited? Why is there this kind of altered attitude?

Essay Topic 2

What are anxiety attacks? How do the anxiety attacks that Joe suffers present themselves? How often does he have them? Is there any rhyme or reason to the onset of these attacks, their severity, or their frequency? What kinds of treatment are available to those who suffer from these attacks? How effective are they? Are medications usually required? What kinds and how effective are they?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of tasks is SSW-89-58 asked to perform on behalf of his handlers, his doctors and the government? What do they call these special missions? Why are they given that name? What are the five rewards given to SSW-89-58 for performing as he is directed to? What are the five punishments that can be doled out should the subject refuse to participate as directed, or stray from within the parameters of his instructions? What is the most fearsome trait that this subject is revealing?

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