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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 lab does Dr. Singer not take Guy Carson into?

2. When Teece tries to pursue common ground with Nye, how does he react?

3. Where is Novo-Druzhina?

4. What type of chimpanzee has the special gene that is being studied?

5. Who was Levine's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What frustrates Levine when he is met by reporters at the Ritz Carlton?

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

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

5. Who takes Guy on his orientation of the Mount Dragon facility and what area is avoided?

6. How does Levine convince Mime to help him break into GeneDyne's computer system?

7. What does Singer reveal to Carson and why is Carson worried about it?

8. What is the protocol that is followed when a breach of this kind occurs?

9. What does Susana discover about the Fever Tank?

10. What happens to Vanderwagon at dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mime and Charles enter Brent's personal cyberspace, how does Brent refer to this intrusion? What makes him believe that this is really the case? What is the motive Charles has for approaching Brent in this manner? What information is he trying to convey? In light of the recent events, is there another way that Charles could have approached Brent, and if so, what is it? What is Brent's reaction when Charles delivers his message and warnings?

Essay Topic 2

Dr. Burt commits an act of faith to create a shortcut in his science. What is the shortcut he takes? His actions cause a domino effect that has CEO Brent Scopes following his lead? What does Scopes do? How does he accomplish this in such a public matter that employees line up to join his example? What are the consequences of this action? If Dr. Burt had not started this ball rolling, is it likely that Scopes would have done what he did? How would the story have been different without these actions?

Essay Topic 3

How does Carson manage to elude Nye when they are in the desert? What skills does Carson rely on that were passed down to him, and to whom does he owe his survival to? What actions are directly related to conversations with family in the past? How many times does Carson manage to elude, distract or slow down Nye in his attempt to catch and kill Carson and de Vaca and what methods does he employ to do so? What chances of survival would they have had without his familial knowledge?

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