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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. When Susan tells Swathmore about Hale, what does she want him to do?

2. Jabaa learns of TRANSLTR running eighteen hours on one file from whom?

3. Susan escapes from Node 3 by _____________________.

4. Tankado has given a copy of the pass key to a friend for safe keeping. What happens if anything happens to Tankado?

5. What do Swathmore and Susan think of the ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the NSA?

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

3. After talking to Swathmore, what does Susan learn from Hale?

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

5. Why does Hale want Susan to come with him?

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

7. Why does Phil Chartrukian decide to report the possibility of a TRANSLTR virus to his superior?

8. Why does Becker decide to enter the Club Embrujo?

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

10. What is a cipher text?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg Hale is in Crypto on the Saturday when TRANSLTR is trying to break the Digital Fortress code. All cryptologists are urged to not work on Saturdays. Why is this so? Do you think Hale's presence was planned or just coincidence?

Essay Topic 2

What is cryptology? Explain why it is important. Have you ever had any experience with encryption programs? What is decoding and why is it important? What kind of entities are interested in breaking code and why?

Essay Topic 3

The Digital Fortress is a suspense novel. Discuss the level of suspense in the novel. Is it at the proper level? Did you feel that you couldn't put the book down because you have to know what happened next? Is this the way it should be? What is the role of suspense?

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