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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 did the monk steal from his pursuers?

2. Who opened the door?

3. Why wouldn't Denal stay and wait for the people to find the way?

4. What song was rendered for the benefit of Norman?

5. What cut the monk's cheek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics made the substance found in Francisco's skull unique?

2. What kind of equipment was in Joan's lab?

3. What strange behavior had the tarantulas adopted?

4. How did Denal save Maggie? How did she respond to this?

5. What does the symbol of the two swords and the crucifix mean and how does that information affect Henry?

6. How did Gil feel when he was speaking to the well dressed man?

7. Why was the dig team burdened with Philip?

8. Why hadn't the Inca captors stripped the man of his cross and robe?

9. What did the Monk thank God for?

10. What had Francisco done to the cross?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the experimentation regarding the mallaqui. Is this ethically correct, to engage in this kind of study with a notably hostile subject? Should the mallaqui be given freedom to live as any other creature? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Substance Z. What characteristics gave it an impossible composition? How do these characteristics serve the needs of the substance? Does it serve the needs of the mallaqui, if so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Mallaqui, and later the Incan revered 'gods' of Janan Pacha. What characteristics allowed the Inca's to identify them as their gods? What physiological differences set aside these alien forms from the human race? What social characteristics?

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