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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 Dr. Burt tell Amiko he did in his diary?

2. What is it that Scopes can't understand about Carson's interest?

3. Who is the boy that Nye is talking to?

4. How much does General Harrington offer him for his vial of X-FLU?

5. How does Carson get de Vaca to meet him in the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the game that Brent and Charles play and how is it won?

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

7. What does Brent use as personal passwords and why are they so effective?

8. What does Scopes do when he comes to the conclusion that his security has been compromised?

9. How does Carson finally manage to find the watering hole?

10. What does Carson find in Nye's saddlebags, and what mystery does this clear up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What position does Gil Teece hold and what event heralded his arrival at Mount Dragon? What kind of an investigation did he run? How did he use his mannerisms to elicit information and confirmation of facts? What were his misgivings and what processes occur that he objects to? Why are his misgivings a cause for concern for the staff and management?

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