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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. How many more days would it take the pharmacy to restock Joe's stimulants?

2. Where does Joe sarcastically say Mr. Runciter is?

3. Why might Ella not like being put in solitary?

4. What shape were Ms. Wirts' glasses?

5. How many days did Mr. Runciter say that it would take to run the preliminary tests?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was activating Ella a sin against her?

2. Why is there speculation that the prudence organization could be a racket?

3. Why did Joe want to clean his conapt?

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

5. Why does Glen believe that he has figured out where the lot of Hollis' best PSI's have gotten to?

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

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

8. How does Mr. Runciter find out who Ms. Wirt's employer is, and why is this information valuable to him?

9. What is the reason to fear the telepaths, according to the anti-PSI agency?

10. How does Ella explain half-life, and why did Ella believe that he would never fully understand it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of human rights on Terra. How would it be different than the concept of human rights here on Earth? What kinds of things would have to change in our society for rights to be as liberal as they are on Terra?

Essay Topic 2

Although this book is set in 1992, explain some technological differences that existed in Ubik and the real world of 1992. What kinds of things are still the products of science fiction? What kinds of things are reality now?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Stanton Mick. Although he is represented as being a humanoid bomb, he is also represented as being solicitous by putting the crew of the prudence organization in half life. Explain Stanton Mick's role in Ubik.

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