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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 was the date on the paper at Joe's con-apt?

2. What is the recommended restaurant?

3. Where was Joe supposed to go?

4. What is the name of the Ubik representative?

5. What was exhausting to Jory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What things does Joe learn in this chapter that solves the mystery about their adversary, and the force working against them?

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

5. What message was scrawled on the wall of the men's bathroom? How did Al interpret this?

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

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

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

9. What made Mr. Bliss do a double take?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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