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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. Swathmore's plan includes _________________________________.
(a) telling the truth about TRANSLTR
(b) selling the encryption program
(c) telling the truth about Digital Fortress
(d) letting the world know that TRANSLTR can't break the Digital Fortress modification so everyone will use it

2. What is Dewdrop?
(a) a pass code
(b) the code key
(c) the name given to Becker by Clouchard
(d) the hotel where the German is staying

3. Hale still maintains that _________________________.
(a) he tried to save Chartrukian
(b) Swathmore killed Chartrukian
(c) Chartrukian fell
(d) Swathmore tried to kill him

4. Who feels threatened about a possible investigation if TRANSLTR is shut down?
(a) Susan Fletcher
(b) Midge Wilken
(c) Greg Hale
(d) Phil Chartrukian

5. What were Tankado's plans for Digital Fortress?
(a) to give the pass key to NSA
(b) to make the pass key publicly available
(c) to keep Digital Fortress a secret
(d) to auction the pass key to the highest bidder

Short Answer Questions

1. According to North Dakota, who killed Tankado?

2. What happens before Susan can leave the bathroom?

3. What does Swathmore do when he learns about Greg Hale?

4. Why is Susan called to work on a Saturday?

5. Susan avoids being caught snooping through Hale's computer because __________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Midge's plan when she learns that it is possible for Swathmore to bypass Gauntlet?

2. What happens when Midge and Brinkerhoff are in the Director's office looking at the printout?

3. Jabba had been ignoring Midge's concerns about TRANSLTR and the possibility of a virus all day. Why did he suddenly drop what he was doing and run to the main data banks?

4. How does Swathmore respond when learning about Greg Hale being North Dakota?

5. What is a mutation string?

6. What is the significance of the missing ring?

7. What does Susan think of Swathmore's plan to replace the original Digital Fortress program with a modification?

8. Why does Brinkerhoff find Fontaine's reaction to the problems in Crypto to be strange?

9. What did the American using the name North Dakota do?

10. What does Swathmore plan to do about the situation in Crypto?

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