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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 does Susan find next to Hale's body?

2. Why did Susan try three as the passkey?

3. Susan's attitude and demeanor are cold and icy toward Swathmore because _______________________________.

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

5. When the cathedral bells rang, _________________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened where the filters were totally destroyed?

2. Why is Susan surprised at the suicide note, supposedly written by Hale?

3. Explain why Hulohot was wrong in thinking that Becker had no way out of the viewing platform area.

4. What is one of the first things that Susan sees when she enters the main databank's chamber?

5. How does Susan view the orphans?

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

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

8. Why is Susan trying to leave Crypto?

9. What does the group decide to focus on from Tankado's message?

10. What does Swathmore do when Susan leaves to cut off the power to TRANSLTR?

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

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

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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