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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 telepaths did Mr. Runciter say that he wanted to send to this location?

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

3. What is Mr. Runciters first name?

4. What does Joe suggest when he realizes that Runciter is mortally wounded?

5. What is the voice on the phone presently talking about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the author describe Hollis?

3. What is a half-life?

4. How did Mr. Runciter reveal that he knew who the person was that was financing Ms. Wirt's enterprise?

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

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

7. Provide reasons as to why Joe Chip is stressed in this chapter.

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

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

10. What typo is in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the differences between the world of Terra and our Earth. How are things run differently? How are they similar? In what regards is the world described in Ubik false?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the product Ubik. What kind of product is it? In layman's terms, what does it do? What is the objective of its regression? Why doesn't it serve Joe at all as a Liver and Kidney Balm?

Essay Topic 3

Provide reasons for the decay of the life around a half-lifer. Why isn't the decay relative to the person in half life? How was it that the entire group of inertials experienced exactly the same decay?

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