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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 happens when Midge and Brinkerhoff are in the Director's office?

2. What does Susan think of Swathmore's plan?

3. While trying to find the ring, what doesn't Becker realize?

4. In trying to find Megan and the ring, Becker travels to the airport by _____________.

5. Who or what is North Dakota?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Becker learn from Two-Tone?

2. What does Hale say to Susan when they are in Node 3?

3. What leads Susan to believe that Greg Hale is North Dakota?

4. What is a mutation string?

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

6. What is the Monocle?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

David Becker went to Seville, Spain because Swathmore asked him to. Why did Swathmore send an amateur? Why didn't he send professional? What were Swathmore's ulterior motives?

Essay Topic 2

The NSA staff does not work as a team until the end of the novel. Explain how this caused many of the problems that occurred. What is the value of teamwork? Explain within the context of the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Hale and other characters complain about the EFF. What is the EFF? What are its functions? What are the pros and cons of watchdog organizations? Why was it mentioned so often by the various characters?

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