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

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

3. Anne asks Barney to obtain some of what object for her?
(a) A rosary.
(b) Chew-Z.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A pair of eyeglasses.

4. From whom does Leo discover that Palmer Eldritch has administered an antidote to Chew-Z to Leo?
(a) Palmer Eldritch.
(b) The little girl.
(c) Roni.
(d) Dr. Smile.

5. What is Barney's reply when Leo asks Barney where he will go now that he has been fired?
(a) He says that he will marry Roni and take her on a honeymoon.
(b) He says that he will go beg Emily for forgiveness.
(c) He says that he will go over to work for Palmer Eldritch.
(d) He says that he will surely go to hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leo's reply when Palmer Eldritch asks him if he is willing to retire?

2. What does Leo do to the Chew-Z Roni as payback for her rejection of his advances?

3. Palmer Eldritch tells Leo that he will let him go, but only for how many hours?

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

5. What action does the dog take when it reaches the monument to Leo's defeat of Palmer Eldritch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss Barney's wishy-washy attitude surrounding his decision to work for Palmer Eldritch after being fired by Leo.

3. What occurs during Barney’s first experience under the influence of Chew-Z?

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

5. What extreme action does Barney undertake immediately after his request for a job from Palmer Eldritch is denied?

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

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

8. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?

9. Discuss two ways in which the themes of science and religion intermingle within Leo's interactions with Palmer Eldritch.

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

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