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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. How long had Glen tried to reach his people in cold pac?
(a) Eleven hours.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Twelve hours.

2. What of these appliances hadn't disappeared from Joe's con-apt?
(a) His TV.
(b) The garbage disposal.
(c) The homeopape machine.
(d) The coffee pot.

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

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

5. What is happening to Al's perception?
(a) None of these.
(b) Things are getting younger.
(c) He seems to be regressing.
(d) Things are getting older.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange to Joe regarding Pat?

2. What had Joe's stove reverted to?

3. What did Joe ask Pat for?

4. What did the person waiting in Joe's room give him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Joe offer some clarity to the group?

2. What was the only thing that Joe decided would resist regression before anything else?

3. What is wrong with Joe's theory, regarding how to stay alive and stop from being worn out?

4. Why couldn't Joe kill Jory?

5. What was Joe's impression of the Mortuary?

6. What message was scrawled on the wall of the men's bathroom? How did Al interpret this?

7. What did this deterioration make Joe feel and why is this a problem?

8. Why does Ella help Joe?

9. What according to the advertisement does Ubik actually do?

10. What different views do the people of the time frame that Joe has found himself in hold that are contrary to the ones Joe and his coworkers hold?

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