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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 behavioral problem does VJ have at school?
(a) He is quiet and won't talk with others.
(b) He doesn't pay attention in class.
(c) He is loud and talks back to teachers.
(d) He gets into fights.

2. Who does Victor suspect is responsible for the liver cancer?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Himself.
(c) VJ.
(d) Philip.

3. How many friends did VJ have in daycare?
(a) Many friends.
(b) Not many friends.
(c) A group of several very close friends.
(d) One very close friend.

4. At the end of Chapter 9, what does VJ admit to his father that he's done?
(a) Modify his father's research.
(b) Kill Maurice and Mark.
(c) Skipped school.
(d) Log in to the Chimera computer systems.

5. Where does Victor go after VJ lets him out of the secret lab?
(a) Victor goes to his own lab and works.
(b) Victor goes to a newspaper office.
(c) Victor goes to the police.
(d) Victor goes directly home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area would the river flood if it broke through?

2. How does Victor free himself from VJ's guard?

3. What does VJ show his parents in the second secret room of his lab?

4. What are Victor's last words to VJ?

5. What is the result of the independent investigation of William Hurst's scientific work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does VJ let his father out of imprisonment?

2. Describe how Victor destroys the secret lab.

3. Why did VJ want to appear to be less intelligent?

4. What is Victor's reaction to what Marsha learned from VJ's school?

5. What does Victor realize about the threatening attacks on the Frank home by Gephardt?

6. What does Victor finally admit to his wife in Chapter 9?

7. When Victor returns to the lab, what does he try to convince VJ to do?

8. Describe Marsha and Victor's conflicting views of VJ during Chapter 12.

9. How does Victor react when he begins to wonder whether Marsha may be right?

10. What is the result of Marsha's discussion with her colleagues about VJ during Chapter 9?

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