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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 is the church official speaking at the funeral?

2. What, according to the person in Joe's hotel room, is the limit of Pat's talent to go back in time?

3. What object did Joe and Al buy from the supermarket?

4. Who does Denny compare Joe to?

5. Where was Joe supposed to go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Don Denny say about Joe's appearance, and why is this worrisome?

5. Why couldn't Joe kill Jory?

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

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

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

9. How is Don Denny intuitive in this chapter?

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

Discuss the novel from a religious point of view. How many things in the novel express a lack of religion on the part of the author? What kind of things could allude to a religion?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the creation of Ubik in this book by the people in half life. How is it possible to create something from a half life form? How could this have been possible with Jory's interference?

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