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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. Who interviews Brent Scopes?

2. What does Nye hear?

3. When does Nye catch up with them the first time?

4. What does Susana use to bargain for their lives?

5. What does Dr. Burt's last entry imply?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Charles and Brent finally resolve things?

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

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

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

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

10. Brent is disappointed and confused. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens after the game Brent and Charles play that creates an immediate bond between them? Why is Brent fearful, and how does Charles take control of the situation? What arrangements do they make together to ensure that their accident is not one that is a worldwide catastrophe? What is their last act of philanthropy? What is Brent's last request to Charles and what does Charles have to do in order to comply?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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