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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maurice think Sherri is a rip-off artist?
(a) She hasn't got cancer, but the flu.
(b) She has pretended to have cancer, so she can get money from the government.
(c) She has delibrately failed her immune system.
(d) She has nver read the bible.

2. Which of Fat's friends owned a cat?
(a) Barry.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Bob.

3. Which of the following is a term the author remembers using in the Sixties and Seventies?
(a) Kicking.
(b) Totally spaced.
(c) Wham bam thank you mam.
(d) Far out.

4. What does the author say caused Horselover Fat to slip by degrees into madness?
(a) Thinking about madness.
(b) Gloria's death.
(c) Society pressures.
(d) Too many drugs.

5. What is the one thing that Sherri does for Fat?
(a) Takes out the trash.
(b) Reads him stories.
(c) Cooks him dinner.
(d) Massages him.

6. From which country does Fat receive letters?
(a) China.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Japan.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

7. What is the name of the main character?
(a) Bob.
(b) Philip K. Dick.
(c) Horselover Fat.
(d) Gloria.

8. What subject did Edward Hussey teach?
(a) Ancient Greek history.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Ancient philosophy.

9. Why does the author compare Sherri to Gloria?
(a) Like Gloria, Sherri does not care about life.
(b) Like Gloria, Sherri is an atheist.
(c) Like Gloria, Sherri doesn't have a sense of humor.
(d) Like Gloria, Sherri wants to destroy her friends.

10. What planet did Zebra come from?
(a) Liptus.
(b) Hope.
(c) Tranton.
(d) Sirius.

11. Whose tyranny did Zebra come to overthrow?
(a) Carter's.
(b) Nixon's.
(c) Ford's.
(d) Reagan's.

12. What are the cyborg entities wrapped up in in Fat's dream?
(a) Metal domes.
(b) Glass bubbles.
(c) Plastic bubbles.
(d) Ceramic domes.

13. What kind of drugs did Stephanie refuse to sell?
(a) Pharmacy drugs.
(b) Psychedelics.
(c) Natural drugs.
(d) Downers.

14. What kind of books does Horselover Fat write?
(a) Crime.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Horror.
(d) Westerns.

15. What language did Fat claim to have prayed in when he was on LSD?
(a) German.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pills are Nembutals?

2. For which 1977 novel does the author say he used some of Fat's notes?

3. What do the immortals threaten to do to Samael when he claims exclusivity?

4. What does Fat say is the only real time?

5. For what reason does the author state Gloria killed herself?

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