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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 kind of car does the author say he clambered into in the middle of Gloria's funeral?

2. Where did Sherri wash her dishes?

3. Why does Fat need Sherri to help him pay the rent?

4. Why does Fat name the invader Zebra?

5. Which of the following words does Kevin use to describe God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maurice make Fat realize about himself?

2. Why does Maurice think Sherri is a rip off merchant?

3. How does the author describe Fat's apartment in Santa Ana?

4. What does Fat do with Gloria the day she visits him?

5. How did Horselover Fat try to stop Gloria from killing herself?

6. What evidence does Bob give in this section that he is as Fat claims a schizoid?

7. How does Fat interpret the dream about living in a nice house with a pretty wife?

8. Why is the ceramic pot so important to Fat?

9. What vision does Fat have in March 1974?

10. What does Fat say was the reason he tried to kill himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Gloria Knudson's death affect Horselover Fat? In what way is he prepared to let her death affect him in a negative way?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Nixon presidency cast such a shadow over the story? Why does Dick think the world had to be saved from his tyranny? Did the world become a better place after Nixon had left office?

Essay Topic 3

What does Maurice make Fat see about himself? How do Maurice's words affect Fat?

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