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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 do they find in a specimen jar?

2. What happens when Carson tries to copy the information to a disk?

3. How do they escape the compound?

4. Where does Levine finally find Brent?

5. What makes Scopes realize that Levine had an inside source for his information?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Charles and Brent finally resolve things?

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

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

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

7. In what ways does Levine underestimate Scopes?

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

9. What does Charles try to convince Brent of and how does Brent respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does this novel reveal that truth is subjective? What events are presented to minimize their effect or to maximize their advantage? Compare and contrast the methods used to spread information to methods used by any or all of large corporations today. What events in our history could compare to the way information was managed in this novel? In which ways are they similar or different?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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