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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. Who does Denny compare Joe to?

2. Who was it that stood in Don Denny's place?

3. Why did the pilot want the bottle of Ubik?

4. What did Joe compare the appearance of his skin to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Runciter trying to do according to A?

3. Why does Ella help Joe?

4. What does Don Denny go to do, and what does he tell Pat to do in his absence?

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

6. How is Pat taking the fact that everyone is slowly being killed off?

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

8. What is Glen's thoughts regarding the Prudence organizations?

9. How did Al know that he was next to die?

10. How did Joe try to turn the carton of Ubik into a spray can?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Pat and Jory. How are they alike? How are they different? What kind of nature does each character have? How do they compliment each other well?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Joe and Wendy as a couple. How did they compliment each other? Use evidence from the book. Provide an explanation as to why Joe didn't ask Wendy out.

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