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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Allen Faine occupy on Earth?
(a) Environmentalist.
(b) Disc jockey.
(c) Lobbyist.
(d) Psychiatrist.

2. Who emerges next to Barney's aircab in his own aircab, succeeding in communicating with Barney?
(a) Icholtz.
(b) Richard.
(c) Palmer Eldritch.
(d) Leo.

3. What does Leo do to the Chew-Z Roni as payback for her rejection of his advances?
(a) He makes her bald.
(b) He makes her old.
(c) He makes her mute.
(d) He makes her a toddler.

4. Only what body can legally route Barney back to Earth?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) Interplanetary Congress.
(c) The UN.
(d) The US Senate.

5. What will be Barney's payment from Leo if he consumes the toxin that will ruin Palmer Eldritch?
(a) He will be given two million dollars.
(b) He will be allowed to marry Roni.
(c) He will be promoted within P.P. Layouts.
(d) Leo will get him off Mars.

6. Once the evolved Terrans with Leo talk with Leo for a while, what do they realize about him?
(a) He is a bubblehead.
(b) He is the hero who killed Palmer Eldritch.
(c) He is the villain who killed Dr. Denkmal.
(d) He is the villain who killed Palmer Eldritch.

7. What is Anne's reply when Barney asks her why she would like to smash the Perky Pat and Walt dolls?
(a) Shame.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Iconoclasm.
(d) Malice.

8. For what reason does Leo want Barney to take a toxin after ingesting Chew-Z for the first time?
(a) To get revenge for Barney's transgression.
(b) To kill Barney without Barney's knowledge.
(c) To get the UN to ban Chew-Z.
(d) To fulfill Barney's own death wish.

9. After being rejected by the party whom Barney had called to ask for a job, whom does Barney call next?
(a) The two evolved Terrans.
(b) The UN selective service board.
(c) The Kingdom of Representatives.
(d) Impy White.

10. While imprisoned inside Palmer Eldritch's created Chew-Z world, Leo decides to kill the real Palmer Eldritch for what reason?
(a) Because Palmer Eldritch has made a fool of him.
(b) Because he and Chew-Z pose great threats to humanity.
(c) Because he believes it is what is supposed to happen, according to his precogs' predictions.
(d) Because he knows he will be ruined financially if he does not.

11. Once Leo has surrendered, what action does he take for a while before he can resume a discussion with Palmer Eldritch?
(a) He cries.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He screams.
(d) He vomits.

12. To whom is Barney referring when he tells Anne that the last person he had talked to who had taken Chew-Z had said it had been what kind of experience?
(a) The worst experience of his life.
(b) The only time he would ever try it.
(c) The best experience of his life.
(d) A total life-changer.

13. After being fired, Barney reflects that "it takes a certain amount of" what "to face yourself and say with candor, I'm rotten. I've done evil and I will again" (113)?
(a) Humility.
(b) Evil.
(c) Courage.
(d) Insanity.

14. What is the name of Leo's dwelling on Earth?
(a) Little-ther-Tug.
(b) Harry-ther-Dirty Dog.
(c) There-ther-Toot.
(d) Winnie-the-Pooh Acres.

15. Barney tells Anne that by definition, a colony must be what?
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Financially independent.
(c) Incorporated.
(d) Permanent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action do Roni and Barney briefly consider taking, just before Leo is captured by Palmer Eldritch?

2. Who brings lunch and tea to Barney when he is out working on the hovel's farm?

3. Anne reports that while she had been inhabiting Perky Pat with the female citizens of Barney's hovel, they had all been engaging in what activity?

4. What book does Anne notice in Barney's room that causes her excitement?

5. What is NOT an action Leo says Palmer Eldritch had taken during Leo's period of captivity on Luna?

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