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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. What action do Roni and Barney briefly consider taking, just before Leo is captured by Palmer Eldritch?
(a) Sharing Leo's position as head of P.P. Layouts.
(b) Killing Leo.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Seeking employment with Palmer Eldritch.

2. 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) Sneaker.
(b) Piecer.
(c) Chooser.
(d) Roller.

3. What is Leo's reply when Palmer Eldritch asks him if he is willing to retire?
(a) He gives conditions.
(b) He says okay.
(c) He remains silent.
(d) He says absolutely not.

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

5. What are the symptoms that Barney will display once he has taken the toxin at the direction of Leo?
(a) He will have frequent grand mal seizures.
(b) He will go blind.
(c) He will fall into a decades-long coma.
(d) He will display signs of extreme regression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Allen Faine offends Barney by marveling that Barney has what already?

2. What is the name of Leo's dwelling on Earth?

3. Who emerges next to Barney's aircab in his own aircab, succeeding in communicating with Barney?

4. 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)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.

2. Describe how Can-D works.

3. What is demonstrated about Philip K. Dick's intended audience within the scene of the Can-D Great Books experience at Chicken Pox Prospects?

4. What connection does Leo draw between his sighting of a Proxer standing over Dr. Smile and the nature of Palmer Eldritch?

5. Discuss the reasons behind Barney's decision to stop fighting the emigration draft.

6. What is the price difference between Can-D and Chew-Z?

7. In what way are Barney's experiences with Anne on Mars significant?

8. What reason does Barney state when he is asked by Icholtz why he wants to chew Can-D?

9. How is irony present in the narrative's events that occur immediately after Barney's call to the UN draft board?

10. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive teeth?

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