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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. On the way to a secure underground vault area, Chad introduces Susan to whom?

2. Why do Susan and Jabba think that the inscription is not the pass key?

3. At this point, how much time remains before the final filter is destroyed?

4. How long did it take the staff to restore the filters?

5. What is the first thing that David says to Susan?

Short Essay Questions

1. The only escape from Crypto is through Swathmore's private elevator. How does Susan arrive at the password?

2. When does Becker begin to think of Susan when he is in Santa Cruz?

3. What does Hale say that his plans for Digital Fortress are?

4. How does Fontaine respond to the problem with the crypto dome?

5. What happened where the filters were totally destroyed?

6. Soshi announces that she has found orphans in the program. What are orphans?

7. Why is Susan trying to leave Crypto?

8. Neither Susan nor Jabba feel the inscription is the pass key. Why?

9. Who hired Hulohot and offered the pass key to Numataka?

10. What does Jabba mean when he says pass keys usually have penalty clauses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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