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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he sees Emily's pots, Barney says no to them after what event?
(a) A pause.
(b) A long discussion.
(c) An eternity.
(d) A scowl in Richard's direction.

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

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

4. For what purpose does Impy White contact Leo at his office?
(a) To ask Leo for payment.
(b) To ask Leo if he knows a man named Barney.
(c) To tell Leo that the colonists had rejected the shipment of Can-D.
(d) To tell Leo that he is fired.

5. While Richard is Emily's current husband, who is Emily's former husband?
(a) Leo.
(b) James.
(c) Palmer Eldritch.
(d) Barney.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Barney live at the start of the novel?

2. What special gift do Roni and Barney share?

3. For what reason is a draft for exodus levied upon the people of Earth?

4. Richard lives in what state?

5. What is Roni's position at P.P. Layouts where she works with Barney?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Barney find out about Leo's situation by using his precog abilities?

2. What action does Leo take after leaving the UN-affiliated hospital and why?

3. What are the differences between Can-D and Chew-Z?

4. Who or what is Dr. Smile?

5. In what ways are the themes of religion and science intermingled within scenes of Leo's growing panic about the fate of his Can-D business?

6. How is the marriage between Fran and Norm used to demonstrate the way in which no colonist can exist happily and independently without the use of Can-D?

7. For what reason can Barney not see into his own future?

8. Who is Icholtz and why does he make contact with Richard after Barney turns down Emily's pots at P.P. Layouts?

9. Discuss the personal entanglements afflicting Barney over the course of the exposition stage.

10. In whose apartment does Barney awake at the start of the narrative and why?

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