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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Barney live at the start of the novel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Portland.

2. Where had Palmer Eldritch gone about a decade prior to the narrative's beginning?
(a) To Antarctica.
(b) To Jupiter.
(c) To the Axiom system.
(d) To the Prox system.

3. What had been Roni's position when she worked at a foreign branch of P.P. Layouts?
(a) Salesperson.
(b) Executive assistant.
(c) General manager.
(d) Pre-fash consultant.

4. To what location do people in the narrative have to go if they are drafted?
(a) Venus.
(b) Mars.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Jupiter.

5. What is NOT an element used to describe Barney?
(a) He is in his late thirties.
(b) He has a shaved head.
(c) He has unusually wavy hair.
(d) He is heavy-set.

Short Answer Questions

1. P.P. Layouts pays "an enormous yearly tribute to" (15) whom?

2. At what location does Barney awake at the beginning of the book?

3. Another passenger in Richard's commute car tells him that a ship from outside the Sol system has crashed where?

4. What special gift do Roni and Barney share?

5. Who does Leo point to as "the man responsible for the seizure of this last shipment of Can-D" (17)?

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