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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. How does Susana confirm PurBlood has been given to all but herself and Guy?

2. What does Nye's 'voice' do when he discovers Carson and de Vaca are gone?

3. What amount does Brent counter with?

4. How do Carson and de Vaca elude Nye again?

5. When Carson asks who he is talking to, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Brent loses this time, how does he respond? How is his response similar to how Levine felt when he lost the first time?

2. What leads Levine to the conclusion that he has little left to lose?

3. How does Nye realize he must go after Carson and de Vaca, and what is his undoing?

4. Mime agrees to help Levine get access to GeneDyne but refuses to do so in person. Why?

5. What does Levine do while he is in the elevator, stuck between two floors?

6. How do Charles and Brent finally resolve things?

7. How does Susana save Carson from death and both of them from Nye?

8. What does Carson realize when he goes to Singer's office?

9. What does Susana convince Guy has to be done before they escape?

10. What do Carson and de Vaca discover when they return to the lab?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charles Levine spends most of his adult life battling his best friend from college. Why? What is Brent Scopes and his company doing that Charles wants to bring out into the light of day? What is Charles afraid of? Are his fears legitimate, or is he over reacting? What stand does Brent take on the issue? What is the cost to Levine of his ongoing battle to stop Scopes?

Essay Topic 2

How does Levine reveal information to a televised audience after he has been warned not to do so? What human quality does he rely on to help him to reveal facts to the audience? Does this absolve him of responsibility in the eyes of the law? Would this hold up in light of the pending lawsuit against him? Knowing the nature of people, could Levine be sure that his method of revelation would work?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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