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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug is "grown, processed, and distributed by a hidden subsidiary of P.P. Layouts" (15)?
(a) Chew-Z.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Can-D.
(d) Heroin.

2. Barney trades information about what topic with Leo in exchange for a share of P.P. Layouts' profits?
(a) Details about Palmer Eldritch's future.
(b) Details about Perky Pat's future.
(c) Details about Barney's future.
(d) Details about Roni's future.

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

4. When people are unconscious and under the influence of Can-D, what drips out of their mouths?
(a) A thin trickle of brown syrup.
(b) A thin trickle of red saliva.
(c) A thin trickle of dark molasses.
(d) A thin trickle of yellow wax.

5. For what company does Walt work?
(a) The Ersatz Corporation.
(b) The Ampex Corporation.
(c) The Manning Corporation.
(d) The Cybernetics Corporation.

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

7. What time does Barney discover it is when he awakes at the start of the novel?
(a) Noon.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 7:30 a.m.

8. Richard ventures to P.P. Layouts in an attempt to sell to the firm what type of objects made by Emily?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Pots.
(c) Screenplays.
(d) Faberge eggs.

9. Leo tells Felix that a layout is of no use without what?
(a) The Prox antidote.
(b) The human will.
(c) The mins.
(d) The additive.

10. A UN soldier armed with what type of weapon blocks Leo from getting into Palmer Eldritch's hospital room?
(a) A knife.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A ray gun.
(d) A bayonet.

11. Barney predicts that Palmer Eldritch will get what body to approve Chew-Z for mass consumption?
(a) The UN Narcotics Control Bureau.
(b) The ATF.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FDA.

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

13. A draft notice generally gives what amount of time before "induction" (21)?
(a) 90 days.
(b) 45 days.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 30 days.

14. When Leo is stymied at the hospital by Zoe and a UN soldier, he says he is going to go eat and then sleep for how many hours?
(a) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

15. In what California city does Walt work?
(a) Alameda.
(b) Palo Alto.
(c) Sunnyvale.
(d) Los Gatos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method does Leo reluctantly admit to using in his quest to locate Palmer Eldritch?

2. What is said to be Palmer Eldritch's job?

3. In what type of wrapper is Can-D stored?

4. What is P.P. Layouts purchasing with its "enormous yearly tribute[s]" (15)?

5. In what year had Richard's collection of vinyl records been melted by the heat?

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