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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Leo point to as "the man responsible for the seizure of this last shipment of Can-D" (17)?
(a) Ned Lark, the U.S. Surgeon General.
(b) Ned Lark, the head of the FBI.
(c) Ned Lark, a CIA agent.
(d) Ned Lark, the chief of the UN Narcotics Bureau.

2. What special gift do Roni and Barney share?
(a) Precognitive ability.
(b) Extreme empathy.
(c) A hyperawareness of their own shortcomings.
(d) A high intelligence quotient.

3. What is P.P. Layouts purchasing with its "enormous yearly tribute[s]" (15)?
(a) Clients.
(b) Immunity.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Impressive stock returns.

4. Another passenger in Richard's commute car tells him that a ship from outside the Sol system has crashed where?
(a) On Saturn.
(b) On Pluto.
(c) On Venus.
(d) On Mars.

5. Leo asserts that the Perky Pat layouts are no good to the colonists without what?
(a) The Axstar videotape.
(b) Chew-Z.
(c) Can-D.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Richard is Emily's current husband, who is Emily's former husband?

2. What does Barney do when he finds that he does not remember the name of the woman with whom he wakes up?

3. A draft notice generally gives what amount of time before "induction" (21)?

4. What time does Barney discover it is when he awakes at the start of the novel?

5. What is Roni's position at P.P. Layouts where she works with Barney?

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