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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leo feel upon seeing the monument dedicated to his own killing of Palmer Eldritch?
(a) Amazed.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Impressed.
(d) Ashamed.

2. 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?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Gossiping.
(c) Bickering.
(d) Reading.

3. What religion does Anne practice?
(a) Islam.
(b) Neo-Christianity.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Judaism.

4. For what reason does Leo fire Barney?
(a) For Barney's sexual transgression with one of Leo's girlfriends.
(b) For Barney's lack of an attempt to help Leo.
(c) For Barney's chronic tardiness.
(d) For Barney's poor corporate performance.

5. What object appears under Leo's desk, causing him to realize that he is still imprisoned within the Chew-Z world?
(a) A gluck.
(b) An unnamed creature.
(c) Dr. Smile.
(d) A cybernetic arm.

6. 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.

7. 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) Evil.
(b) Humility.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Courage.

8. When the superevolved humans and Leo see a dog approaching the monument to Leo's defeat of Palmer Eldritch, what noun does Alec apply to the dog?
(a) Roller.
(b) Sneaker.
(c) Piecer.
(d) Chooser.

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

10. What is the name of Anne's hovel on Mars?
(a) Mother Tongue Gardens.
(b) Chicken Pox Prospects.
(c) Flax Back Spit.
(d) Strawberry Point.

11. To whom does Barney place a call to ask about a job after he is fired by Leo?
(a) Palmer Eldritch.
(b) Icholtz.
(c) Roni.
(d) Impy White.

12. What term do the evolved Terrans use to describe Palmer Eldritch the first time they refer to him?
(a) The Master.
(b) The Renegade.
(c) The Villain.
(d) The Rogue.

13. When Barney goes to see who wants admittance to the hovel, whom does he hope not to see?
(a) Members of the Responsible Party.
(b) Members of the gluck race.
(c) Members of the UN.
(d) Members of the US Senate.

14. What is Anne's reaction when Barney walks her to her hovel and asks her to marry him?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She cries.
(c) She shakes her head.
(d) She runs away.

15. Allen Faine offends Barney by marveling that Barney has what already?
(a) A hovel mate.
(b) A garden.
(c) A girl.
(d) A name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men live along with Barney in his hovel on Mars?

2. Anne tells Barney that all she knows is religious faith and that does not equip her for understanding what topic?

3. Anne asks Barney to obtain some of what object for her?

4. What are the symptoms that Barney will display once he has taken the toxin at the direction of Leo?

5. How many other people live with Barney in his hovel on Mars?

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