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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Anne notice in Barney's room that causes her excitement?
(a) A Clockwork Orange.
(b) De Imitatione Christi.
(c) Brave New World.
(d) The 95 Theses.

2. Who runs after Barney upon his departure from P.P. Layouts after he is fired?
(a) Palmer Eldritch.
(b) Icholtz.
(c) Roni.
(d) Leo.

3. What is the name of Anne's hovel on Mars?
(a) Mother Tongue Gardens.
(b) Chicken Pox Prospects.
(c) Flax Back Spit.
(d) Strawberry Point.

4. How many other people live with Barney in his hovel on Mars?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. After being fired, Barney reflects that "it takes a certain amount of" what "to face yourself and say with candor, I'm rotten. I've done evil and I will again" (113)?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Humility.
(c) Evil.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who emerges next to Barney's aircab in his own aircab, succeeding in communicating with Barney?

2. To what island does Barney allude while discussing the definition of a colony with Anne?

3. Anne tells Barney that all she knows is religious faith and that does not equip her for understanding what topic?

4. When Barney goes to see who wants admittance to the hovel, whom does he hope not to see?

5. What is Sigma 14-B?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.

2. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive teeth?

3. What connection does Leo draw between his sighting of a Proxer standing over Dr. Smile and the nature of Palmer Eldritch?

4. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?

5. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?

6. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive teeth?

7. What element does Leo realize is the fatal flaw of his plan to take down Palmer Eldritch?

8. In what way are Barney's experiences with Anne on Mars significant?

9. Describe how Can-D works.

10. What terms does Palmer Eldritch present to Leo just before Leo tries to strangle him?

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