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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 is the surname of the main character?

2. What was the name of the restaurant with bad food?

3. Axel became alarmed when Thad began to discuss _____.

4. How many feet did the crowd stand above the reservoir?

5. Thad convinced himself that he could use the money he'd make from the illegal sale to help _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Thad's life with Sonya at this point.

2. Examine Thad's humble beginnings.

3. The author uses foreshadowing to predict Thad's downfall. What did the author suggest?

4. Examine Thad's working relationship with Helms in the lab.

5. What was Axel's biggest concern about purchasing moon rocks? What was one of the first things he did about it?

6. Describe the lecture with Dr. Draper.

7. How did Gordon become involved in Thad's plan? What was Gordon's opinion on Thad's plan?

8. How did Thad become involved with the other scientists? Where did they routinely meet?

9. How did Thad's relationship with Sonya alienate his parents?

10. How did Thad react when he received a reply to his email?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the FBI sting involving Axel Emmermann. How did Axel become involved? Why did Axel contact the FBI? What was the opinion of Axel's wife, Christel? What was Axel's opinion on the proposed heist? How did Axel feel about the crime to be committed? What was Axel's reward for participating in the sting?

Essay Topic 2

Examine how the heist affected Everett Gibson. Why was Gibson so distraught? What loss did Gibson suffer? Were the items ever recovered? How did Thad feel about Gibson's grief? How was Thad responsible? What do you think happened to the items? Would Gibson recover? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Thad's work at the University of Utah. Where did Thad work? What were Thad's opinions on the work? What did Thad steal? How did Thad convince himself that it was okay to take museum property? What was Thad's relationship with the people at the University? How would that relationship affect Thad later in life?

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