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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Roni worked before coming to work with Barney?
(a) P.P. Layouts in Japan.
(b) P.P. Layouts on Mars.
(c) P.P. Layouts in Australia.
(d) P.P. Layouts in People's China.

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

3. What does Barney do when he finds that he does not remember the name of the woman with whom he wakes up?
(a) He asks the woman.
(b) He asks Dr. Smile.
(c) He looks at the woman's identification while she is in the shower.
(d) He calls Leo.

4. What always causes Dr. Smile to stop speaking?
(a) When someone besides Barney enters the room.
(b) When the clock strikes midnight.
(c) When the suitcase is not plugged in.
(d) When there is too much noise interference.

5. When someone inhabits Walt, what type of car does Walt drive?
(a) A Porsche.
(b) A Maserati.
(c) A Jaguar.
(d) A BMW.

6. When Leo goes to see Palmer Eldritch in the hospital, for which person does he ask at the front desk?
(a) Eldon Trent.
(b) Palmer Eldritch.
(c) Norm Schein.
(d) Barney Mayerson.

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

8. What is NOT a way in which Sam describes feeling when he realizes that a dose of Can-D is wearing off?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Bitterly sickened.
(c) Weak.
(d) Afraid.

9. In the world of Perky Pat, it is perpetually what day of the week?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

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

11. 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.

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

13. Richard lives in what state?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

14. Barney muses that one day he will live like Leo, rather than living full-time in his city in what?
(a) 120 degree heat.
(b) 95 degree heat.
(c) 180 degree heat.
(d) 20 degree cold.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Barney predict will be the official "slogan" (59) of Chew-Z?

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

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

5. Who is Zoe?

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