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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. DNA from the hospital proves ________________________.
(a) The man was not Tom's father.
(b) The man was not Tom's brother's father.
(c) The man was not father to Tom or any of his siblings.
(d) The man was not Tom's sister's father.

2. What is Charlie's last name?
(a) Wiggins.
(b) Higgins.
(c) Wuggins.
(d) Huggins.

3. Rick wants to prove that his wife is a(n) ______________.
(a) Alcoholic.
(b) Thief.
(c) Drug addict.
(d) Unfit mother.

4. The orangutan begins to do what unusual thing for the tourists?
(a) Yells profanities.
(b) Stands on its head.
(c) Rides a bicycle.
(d) Throws a frisbee.

5. Who now has physical custody of Rick's children?
(a) The state orphanage.
(b) Rick's lawyer.
(c) Rick.
(d) Rick's wife who ran off with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank makes an amazing recovery, much to the surprise of his what?

2. Roberts calls Emily Weller back and tells her that he has a copy of a prescription for the __________ found in her husband's body.

3. The parrot repeats a discussion he heard between Bond and whom?

4. What is Josh Winkler's partner's name?

5. After a meeting, Frank has a discussion with a young man who delivered ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. In previous chapters, Rick wanted custody of his children. Now, he has that custody, but with what results? What does that reveal about his character and his wife's?

2. Henry Kendall learns that the blood he took to Roberts is human and that the DNA matches his own. Henry goes to the NIH lab in Bethesda where he was working on a transgenic chimpanzee four years ago when an encephalitis outbreak interrupted. Henry spends time with the chimpanzee, who is, for all intents and purposes, Henry's son, before learning it is to be destroyed. Henry decides to steal the chimpanzee from the lab and take it home, though he is not sure what he will do with him then. Do you feel that it was right for Henry to steal the Chimpanzee?

3. Explain how Gail Bond's genetic experimentation on a gray parrot comes back to haunt her.

4. The book focuses on bio research, as is made clear in the prologue. What are some of the potential benefits of bio research?

5. Explain Roberts' sudden change of attitude at the cemetery and the results of it.

6. Do you agree with Josh's attitude when Adam inhales the retrovirus? Why or why not?

7. Describe Jack Watson's role in the prologue and what it could mean to the rest of the story.

8. Brad Gordon is the inept security guard at BioGen. He only has the job because his uncle is Jack Watson, an investor in the company. Do you agree with Brad being given the job at BioGen or relatives being given jobs, in general, in real life?

9. Do you agree with the hospital's reaction of destroying the remaining tissues in the Weller case when Emily Weller requests her own investigation?

10. Explain Alex Burnet's feelings about the court case against her father.

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