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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 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) Impy White.
(c) The Kingdom of Representatives.
(d) The UN selective service board.

2. 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 surely go to hell.
(c) He says that he will go over to work for Palmer Eldritch.
(d) He says that he will go beg Emily for forgiveness.

3. What term does Leo use to describe Palmer Eldritch when deciding to kill him?
(a) Angry god.
(b) Invader.
(c) Tyrant.
(d) Sneak.

4. What action does Barney take once he believes Anne is unconscious and under the influence of Can-D?
(a) He tells her that he hates her.
(b) He tells her that he will marry her someday.
(c) He tells her that he loves her.
(d) He kisses her.

5. 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 best experience of his life.
(c) The only time he would ever try it.
(d) A total life-changer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe Leo's voice when he finally tells Palmer Eldritch that he gives up?

2. For what reason does Leo want Barney to take a toxin after ingesting Chew-Z for the first time?

3. Anne tells Barney that she has come to see him because she is feeling what emotion since arriving on Mars?

4. While imprisoned inside Palmer Eldritch's created Chew-Z world, Leo decides to kill the real Palmer Eldritch for what reason?

5. In what type of activity do Barney and Anne engage in right after she turns down his proposal of marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss how the theme of despair arises within the novel's portrayal of Barney.

4. In what way does Barney feel complicit in the desperate attitudes of the colonists?

5. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive eyes?

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

7. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?

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

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

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

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