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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 TRANSLTR?

2. When Susan and Swathmore are in Swathmore's office, what does he take out of his desk drawer?

3. Hale wants Susan to come with him because he __________________________--.

4. What does Hale tell a terrified Susan?

5. When Susan checks Hale's computer, she finds __________________________-.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Becker find Rochio?

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

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

5. What deal does Hale want?

6. What is a cipher text?

7. What did Tankado plan to do with Digital Fortress?

8. Why did Swathmore send David Becker to Spain?

9. How does Greg Hale feel he has to stop Phil Chartrukian?

10. What is the significance of the missing ring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tankado's schemes duped Swathmore and others at the NSA, and it cost the NSA its TRANSLTR computer. Explain Tankado's scheme and how he orchestrated it. How could Swathmore be duped? What did Tankado have to know in order for Swathmore to be duped?

Essay Topic 2

Fontaine does not intervene in the situation until after the explosion in crypto. Why does he wait? What information does he have from tapping Swathmore's computer account? Evaluate Fontaine's handling of the situation.

Essay Topic 3

Swathmore's actions cost the government a two billion dollar super computer and caused the death of or affected the lives of many people. Do you think Swathmore deserved to die? Why or why not? Was it poetic justice? Explain.

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