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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For what reason is a draft for exodus levied upon the people of Earth?
(a) The air on Earth has become too toxic.
(b) The atmosphere on Earth has become too hot.
(c) The water on Earth has become too toxic.
(d) The atmosphere on Earth has become too cold.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What document is contained within "the familiar elongated blue-green envelope" (4)?
(a) Leo's draft notice.
(b) Roni's draft notice.
(c) Barney's draft notice.
(d) Emily's draft notice.

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

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

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

13. Emily tells Richard to take what action once he has left the office of P.P. Layouts?
(a) Text her.
(b) Call her.
(c) Vid her.
(d) Meld her.

14. What is NOT a way in which Leo describes Zoe?
(a) With no makeup.
(b) With short hair.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Tough-looking.

15. What is reportedly the name of the Chew-Z company's version of Perky?
(a) Aim-to-please Annie.
(b) Petunia Pal.
(c) Fancy Francine.
(d) Connie Companion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The company that manufactures Chew-Z is apparently based out of what city?

3. In what California city does Walt work?

4. At what hospital is Palmer Eldritch being held?

5. What had been Roni's position when she worked at a foreign branch of P.P. Layouts?

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