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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What isn't natural about being in Cold pac?
(a) That there is a force trying to kill them.
(b) All of these.
(c) That this isn't the normal progression of half-life.
(d) That they are dying off before their time allows them to.

2. Who does Joe meet on the way to the Matador?
(a) Wendy Wright.
(b) Glen Runciter.
(c) Ella Runciter.
(d) None of these.

3. What had Joe's stove reverted to?
(a) A fireplace.
(b) An old electric model, instead of the ionic one he had.
(c) A microwave.
(d) A natural gas model with clogged burners.

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

5. What does Mr. Bliss think about Joe and the rest of the employees of Runciter associates?
(a) They are semi psychotic.
(b) They are professional agitators.
(c) They can spin a good yarn.
(d) They are full of balony.

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

7. Where is the amphetamine dispenser?
(a) Outside beside the beverage dispensing machine.
(b) In the hall outside the consultation lounge.
(c) In the waiting room.
(d) There is no amphetamine dispenser.

8. Why did the pilot want the bottle of Ubik?
(a) It reminded him of his grandmother.
(b) He thought that he would barter it elsewhere.
(c) He wanted it to make him feel better.
(d) It had alot of gold flakes inside suspended in mineral oil.

9. What is the only perceivable problem according to Joe?
(a) Travel.
(b) Adjusting to the era.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Medicine and dentistry.

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

11. What was the date on the paper at Joe's con-apt?
(a) September 10, 1940.
(b) September 12, 1929.
(c) September 12, 1939.
(d) September 12, 1938.

12. What was different about the Carton that they had picked up?
(a) It was empty.
(b) It was aged.
(c) It appeared older.
(d) It wasn't quite full.

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

14. What kind of car was awaiting Joe?
(a) A 1939 Lasalle convertible.
(b) A 1936 Ford Convertible Sedan.
(c) A 1939 Tatra Saloon.
(d) A 1933 Bedford Lorry.

15. Where was Joe supposed to go?
(a) Archer's Drugstore.
(b) Adam's Drugs.
(c) London Drugs.
(d) Artie's Drugstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jory's clothes from?

2. What did Joe Chip flag down?

3. What is strange to Joe regarding Pat?

4. Why can't Joe find any Ubik in Des Moines?

5. What kind of car was loaned to the group while they were in Des Moines?

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