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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 to the patent for the Anasazi corn?

2. What does Carson reveal to de Vaca?

3. How does Carson actually find the watering hole?

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

5. Where does Levine finally find Brent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Charles and Brent finally resolve things?

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

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

6. How does Levine gain access to Brent's Boston headquarters?

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

8. What is the last thing Charles does as the guards arrive at the elevator and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brent Scopes is attempting to negotiate a sale with the Army and General Harrington specifically. What is he trying to sell? What prompted him to sell this item now instead of continuing with the research and pursuing its original design? Why is he convinced that the sale of this item would be harmless despite its obvious risk factors? How does he justify his behavior?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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