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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 happens when Carson tries to copy the information to a disk?

2. What is Brent's last request of Charles?

3. How does Mime manage to get Levine into GeneDyne's headquarters in Boston?

4. How do they ensure humane death?

5. What do they find in a specimen jar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carson manage to get the better of Nye on several different occasions?

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

3. What is the reason that Brent gives a rare interview to the Boston Globe reporter?

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

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

6. What is Nye's relationship to the voice he hears, and how is this significant?

7. What does Brent tell Levine when Levine begs him not to let the army have the virus?

8. What skills does Carson use to evade Nye and keep himself and de Vaca alive?

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

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

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 are the details of the lawsuit filed against Dr. Levine by GeneDyne? How does Levine believe the lawsuit is linked to his patent with Brent Scopes? What is the issue that surrounds the current renewal that is pending? Why is it unlikely that the two former friends will be unable to come to an agreement regarding the patents renewal?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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