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

2. Where does Susan Fletcher work?

3. When Susan is talking to Fletcher, Greg Hale _____________________.

4. Hale still maintains that _________________________.

5. What do Midge Milken and Chad Brinkerhoff question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a cipher text?

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

3. How does Becker find Rochio?

4. What does Becker learn from Two-Tone?

5. What do Chad Brinkerhoff and Midge Milken question?

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

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

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

9. How does Phil Chartrukian come into conflict with Swathmore?

10. What is the purpose of the NSA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tankado opposed the secrecy of TRANSLTR and devised his scheme to force the NSA to make its existence known. How did Tankado make this fact known? Do you think Tankado expected his worm to do the damage it eventually did? What would the use of the terms Hiroshima and Nagasaki indicate?

Essay Topic 2

What was Tankado's grudge against the United States? Why did he harbor this grudge? Do you think this had anything to do with his scheme and the the mention of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the message in the Caesar's Box. Do you think he set out to destroy TRANSLTR?

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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