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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of wrapper is Can-D stored?
(a) A plain brown wrapper.
(b) A red striped wrapper.
(c) A dark blue wrapper.
(d) A translucent wrapper.

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

3. 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) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 4.

4. For what reason can Barney not foresee the outcome of his draft notice, even though he is a precog?
(a) Because Leo has forbidden him.
(b) Because precogs cannot foretell their own futures.
(c) Because he is not important enough to be in the news.
(d) Because he is tired.

5. What is said to be Palmer Eldritch's job?
(a) Public relations specialist.
(b) Interplan industrialist.
(c) Coal miner.
(d) Pre-Fash consultant.

6. What kind of therapy does Leo receive at resorts all over the world?
(a) Biological therapy.
(b) Psychiatric therapy.
(c) Chemical therapy.
(d) Evolutionary therapy.

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

8. What method does Leo reluctantly admit to using in his quest to locate Palmer Eldritch?
(a) The help of his own precog abilities.
(b) The help of Chew-Z.
(c) The help of one of his Pre-Fash precogs.
(d) The help of his ex-wife.

9. The narrator uses Leo as an example to show that E therapy does not bring with it what quality?
(a) Spiritual awakening.
(b) Material wealth.
(c) Tranquility.
(d) Purity.

10. At what hospital is Palmer Eldritch being held?
(a) El Camino Hospital.
(b) St. Joseph's Hospital.
(c) James Riddle Veterans' Hospital.
(d) Sacred Heart Hospital.

11. Who is Zoe?
(a) Leo Bulero's daughter.
(b) Norm Schein's daughter.
(c) Barney Mayerson's daughter.
(d) Palmer Eldritch's daughter.

12. What does Barney predict will be the official "slogan" (59) of Chew-Z?
(a) Be cool. Chew Chew-Z.
(b) Be choosy. Chew Chew-Z.
(c) Chew-Z or Bust.
(d) Easy as A-B-C. Chew Chew-Z.

13. For what purpose does Leo call Felix after he is denied entrance to Palmer Eldritch's hospital room?
(a) For help getting access to Palmer Eldritch.
(b) To file a restraining order against Barney.
(c) To get Roni's phone number.
(d) To gain a greater understanding of Chew-Z's effects.

14. P.P. Layouts pays "an enormous yearly tribute to" (15) whom?
(a) Palmer Eldritch.
(b) Wall Street brokers.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The United Nations.

15. What kind of an artist is Richard's wife Emily?
(a) A painter.
(b) A potter.
(c) A writer.
(d) A dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of show is Walt's television set tuned in order to wake him up each morning?

2. How does Barney suggest Leo gain access to Palmer Eldritch?

3. Over what group of people does Barney ask for absolute power during his episode of bargaining with Leo?

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

5. Where had Roni worked before coming to work with Barney?

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