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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 was loaned to the group while they were in Des Moines?

2. What realization did Joe figure out about Hell?

3. What was Joe's reward for climbing the stairs?

4. Who hasn't died in this chapter?

5. Who does Joe meet on the way to the Matador?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Denny go to do, and what does he tell Pat to do in his absence?

2. What is Glen's thoughts regarding the Prudence organizations?

3. What message was scrawled on the wall of the men's bathroom? How did Al interpret this?

4. What is Runciter trying to do according to A?

5. What according to the advertisement does Ubik actually do?

6. What things did Joe feel were an improvement when they had regressed?

7. What is a common experience among half-lifers?

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

9. What information does Sammy offer that confirms that Pat is the one destroying each of them, one at a time?

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

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

Take a closer look at Joe and Al's work relationship. How are the roles of Al and Joe similar? How do they differ? What is the purpose of their roles in the developing plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Provide reasons for the decay of the life around a half-lifer. Why isn't the decay relative to the person in half life? How was it that the entire group of inertials experienced exactly the same decay?

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