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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. The one billion dollar code figure is explained by ____________________________.

2. Where does Susan Fletcher work?

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

4. Who or what is North Dakota?

5. What does not happen as Becker walks out of the hotel in Spain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Hale want?

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

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

4. Why did Swathmore send David Becker to Spain?

5. 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?

6. What do Chad Brinkerhoff and Midge Milken question?

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

8. What is a mutation string?

9. Becker tries to call Swathmore from the airport but can't get a line. What does he remember?

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

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

Give your opinion on the following: Should government employees be bound by ethics? How far should they be allowed to go in the interests of national security?

Essay Topic 3

Tankado's favorite saying was 'Who Will Guard the Guards?' Explain the meaning of this term within the context of the novel. Who was Tankado applying the term to and why?

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