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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 do they ensure humane death?

2. How do Carson and de Vaca ensure that X-FLU is destroyed?

3. Where do Carson and de Vaca go on horseback?

4. What amount does Brent counter with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nye do to try to stop them?

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

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

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

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

6. What important discovery do Carson and de Vaca make when they find Dr. Burt's missing notebook?

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

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

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

10. Brent is disappointed and confused. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where do Guy and Susana go in the autumn? What is significant about this trip? When they stop at Mount Dragon, their conversation surrounds their colleagues. What does Guy reveal to Susana regarding the PurBlood test group? How does she react to his expression of empathy? What is their destination? Why does Susana urge Guy to take this trip? What is it that is so important to her?

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

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?

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