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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Leo describes Zoe?
(a) Tough-looking.
(b) With short hair.
(c) Feminine.
(d) With no makeup.

2. Another passenger in Richard's commute car tells him that a ship from outside the Sol system has crashed where?
(a) On Saturn.
(b) On Mars.
(c) On Venus.
(d) On Pluto.

3. Leo asserts that the Perky Pat layouts are no good to the colonists without what?
(a) Can-D.
(b) The sun.
(c) Chew-Z.
(d) The Axstar videotape.

4. How does Barney suggest Leo gain access to Palmer Eldritch?
(a) By posing as a reporter.
(b) By posing as a UN operative.
(c) By posing as a doctor.
(d) By posing as a nurse.

5. While Richard is Emily's current husband, who is Emily's former husband?
(a) Barney.
(b) Leo.
(c) Palmer Eldritch.
(d) James.

6. When Leo is stymied at the hospital by Zoe and a UN soldier, he says he is going to go eat and then sleep for how many hours?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

7. What drug is "grown, processed, and distributed by a hidden subsidiary of P.P. Layouts" (15)?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Chew-Z.
(d) Can-D.

8. In what type of wrapper is Can-D stored?
(a) A dark blue wrapper.
(b) A translucent wrapper.
(c) A red striped wrapper.
(d) A plain brown wrapper.

9. In the world of Perky Pat, it is perpetually what day of the week?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

10. In what year had Richard's collection of vinyl records been melted by the heat?
(a) 1968.
(b) 2043.
(c) 1984.
(d) 2004.

11. Which two colonists wake up from the effects of Can-D before the others and rush off to have sex?
(a) Norm and Fran.
(b) Helen and Norm.
(c) Helen and Sam.
(d) Sam and Fran.

12. When Leo goes to see Palmer Eldritch in the hospital, for which person does he ask at the front desk?
(a) Barney Mayerson.
(b) Norm Schein.
(c) Eldon Trent.
(d) Palmer Eldritch.

13. What is NOT an element used to describe Barney?
(a) He has unusually wavy hair.
(b) He has a shaved head.
(c) He is in his late thirties.
(d) He is heavy-set.

14. A UN soldier armed with what type of weapon blocks Leo from getting into Palmer Eldritch's hospital room?
(a) A ray gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A bayonet.
(d) A rifle.

15. What had been Roni's position when she worked at a foreign branch of P.P. Layouts?
(a) Executive assistant.
(b) General manager.
(c) Salesperson.
(d) Pre-fash consultant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What document is contained within "the familiar elongated blue-green envelope" (4)?

2. For what reason can Barney not foresee the outcome of his draft notice, even though he is a precog?

3. Leo tells Felix that a layout is of no use without what?

4. What always causes Dr. Smile to stop speaking?

5. Barney predicts that Palmer Eldritch will get what body to approve Chew-Z for mass consumption?

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