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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. Which of the following best describes how Watson and Crick felt after Rosy and Maurice left?

2. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?

3. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?

4. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?

5. Which of the following is the best synonym for pall as used in the following sentence: Rosy's attitude left a pall on the evening.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Odile going to help Watson with his problem with eating the food at the local restaurants?

2. What changed during the normally social lunch period in the Cambridge lab?

3. What was the underlying reason behind Sir Lawrence having Watson and Crick stop working on the structure of DNA?

4. What must be allowed when the structure of DNA is solved?

5. Why did Watson and Crick want a new start?

6. Why were the crystallized images important?

7. How is the character of Rosy portrayed by the author?

8. Why did Watson and Crick think that the DNA structure was more complicated than the structure discovered by Pauling?

9. What does Watson do that Crick is unhappy with?

10. Why did Wilkins come to Naples?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the scientific process can be seen throughout this novel. Use specific examples and key words from the scientific process such as hypothesis, test, control, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay examining the character of Rosy in an in-depth manner. Relate her description, actions and ideas to the concept of women in a male dominated field during the 1950s. Make an evaluation of these ideas and concepts and present them with support from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing how the term self-deprecating could be used to describe Watson's own humor throughout the novel. Be sure to include examples from the book to support your writing.

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