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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wasn't on Al Hammond's list?

2. How did he rely on Ella?

3. How many telepaths were possibly in the workplace of Miss Wirt?

4. Why couldn't Mr. Runciter talk to his wife in the lounge?

5. How many minutes did Joe ask for when he realized a woman was there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Pat put things back entirely the way they were?

2. How does Joe find out that a woman was in the suite with him the previous night?

3. How does Joe get money from the Moratorium owner?

4. Why did Runciter immediately want to pack everything up?

5. Why is it a sound business idea that Mr. Runciter sells his services to Ms. Wirt?

6. What does Joe guess was going to happen to all of them and why?

7. What typo is in this chapter?

8. How did Joe think that Stanton Mick's voice sounded?

9. Why couldn't Pat have given Joe the money before he tested her?

10. In what way(s) did Pat change reality for the group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the repeated references to cigarettes in this novel. How does this relate to the culture of the day in which the novel was written? How have things changed in regards to the references to smoking in literature?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the novel from a religious point of view. How many things in the novel express a lack of religion on the part of the author? What kind of things could allude to a religion?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the manifestations of Jory throughout the novel. When Matt and Bill appear to Tippy, what does this suggest about the state of the characters? How does this compare to the Matrix?

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