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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 strain was experimented with in Novo-Druzhina?

2. Who gets their suit torn in the zoo by a chimpanzee?

3. Who files a complaint against Guy?

4. What does the autopsy on Rosalind's brain reveal?

5. Who does Carson see in the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does Dr. Charles Levine disclose to his audience after he finishes a lecture at Harvard?

2. Teece conducts his interviews in a manner similar to Sherlock Holmes. In which way is that statement true?

3. What does Carson learn from Rosalind about his attempts to fix X-FLU? How does Rosalind's attitude come back to haunt her?

4. How does Levine manage to ensure the truth is revealed without actually revealing it himself?

5. Who does Carson run into when he climbs the cylinder that Mount Dragon is named for, and what is revealed?

6. What is Brandon-Smith's problem with how Guy is handling the research he is doing?

7. What is Singer's response to the formal complaint filed by Rosalind against Guy?

8. How does Mime force Guy to listen to Levine?

9. Why does Levine so adamantly refuse to renew the patent he and Brent co-author?

10. What does Carson see Nye doing and what is suspicious about his behavior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character named Mime in this story suffers from a disease that is a direct result of drugs taken by his mother while she carried him. What is the physical ailment he suffers from? What did his mother take and why did she take it? How can a parallel be drawn from this example to the current battle that Charles Levine is fighting to stop the research being done at Mount Dragon?

Essay Topic 2

What does Carson discover on his computer from Levine and who is responsible for getting it there? Why does it rattle Guy. What are the dangers should anyone discover this? Why can't Carson just ignore it? If he could, would he? Why or why not? Why did Levine target Carson as his recipient to begin with? Is there anyone else this might have worked with? If so, who, and if not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

What does Dr. Levine reveal to his audience after finishing a lecture at Harvard? Why is the issue so controversial? What was the basis for the accident in Novo-Druzhina and why was it so frightening? What is so explosive about the satellite footage that the Soviet's would rather it not be divulged? Why has nothing been done to correct the issue to date? How does that impact Levine's attitude towards gene testing?

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