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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 is the name of the newscaster?

2. Who does Denny compare Joe to?

3. Why can't Joe find any Ubik in Des Moines?

4. What racist term does Joe hear used that he had never heard before?

5. What was the name of the pilot that might be interested in making the trade with Joe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why couldn't Joe kill Jory?

2. What is a common experience among half-lifers?

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

4. What point does Joe make that gives Runciter pause for thought?

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

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

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

8. What information does Sammy offer that confirms that Pat is the one destroying each of them, one at a time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take a closer look at Joe and Al's work relationship. How are the roles of Al and Joe similar? How do they differ? What is the purpose of their roles in the developing plot of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jory as a deity. In what way is he a god in the half life world? In what way is he like the god of the underworld? In what ways does he closely resemble a god?

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