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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Joe take the elevator?
(a) He thought it might revert out of existence.
(b) None of these.
(c) He wanted the exercise of the stairs.
(d) He feared he would see what Al saw.

2. Where is the third message to Joe in this chapter?
(a) On the wall behind the druggist.
(b) On the jar of Ubik.
(c) In the bathroom again.
(d) In the sky.

3. What is the name of the Ubik representative?
(a) Myra Laney.
(b) Myra Lany.
(c) Melissa Laney.
(d) Darla Laney.

4. What was the name of the pilot that might be interested in making the trade with Joe?
(a) Jasperson.
(b) Jamison.
(c) Jesperson.
(d) Jisperson.

5. What is the recommended restaurant?
(a) The Marsupial.
(b) The Marzipan.
(c) Je Adore.
(d) The Matador.

6. What does Joe ask for on a whim?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A map of the city of Des Moines.
(c) Accompaniment.
(d) A new order of Ubik.

7. Who hasn't died in this chapter?
(a) Don Denny.
(b) Edie Dorn.
(c) Fred Zafsky.
(d) Tippy.

8. What object did Joe and Al buy from the supermarket?
(a) An audio recorder.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A tape recorder.
(d) A new vidphone.

9. What is the oldest Joe thinks they could have regressed and gotten away with it?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Fourty years.
(d) Ten years.

10. Who does Joe suspect is the entity out to destroy them all?
(a) Pat Conley.
(b) Ella Runciter.
(c) Sammy Mundo.
(d) Glen Runciter.

11. What kind of cigarettes did Joe want?
(a) Kools.
(b) Pall Mall's.
(c) Winston's.
(d) Wings.

12. What does the advertisement of Glen Runciter suggest?
(a) To get sick.
(b) That he's dead.
(c) To buy shares in a stock.
(d) To buy Ubik.

13. What does Jory mean by eating people?
(a) He consumes their soul.
(b) He consumes their half life.
(c) He plagues the mind causing each half lifer to take their own half life.
(d) He cannibalizes their flesh.

14. What kind of car was loaned to the group while they were in Des Moines?
(a) A Pierce-Arrow.
(b) A Willy's-Knight.
(c) A Pontiac.
(d) A Chrysler.

15. What did the pilot want to take Joe to Des Moines?
(a) Joe to sing him a song.
(b) The twice reverted bottle of Ubik.
(c) To know what his business was in Des Moines.
(d) An interesting story for the journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date on the paper at Joe's con-apt?

2. What is the name of the newscaster?

3. What did Joe see that made him tell Joe not to get in the elevator?

4. What is the only perceivable problem according to Joe?

5. How many years will the group have to go ahead in order to regain the correct time frame?

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