View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What town does Scopes allow Bannister to interview him in?

3. How does Carson respond?

4. Where does Nye's first bullet go?

5. How does Susana confirm PurBlood has been given to all but herself and Guy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads Levine to the conclusion that he has little left to lose?

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

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

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

6. What does Guy see that leads him to realize that there is a widespread problem with PurBlood?

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

8. In what ways does Levine underestimate Scopes?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Dr. Levine reveal to his audience after finishing a lecture at Harvard? Why is the issue so controversial? What was the basis for the accident in Novo-Druzhina and why was it so frightening? What is so explosive about the satellite footage that the Soviet's would rather it not be divulged? Why has nothing been done to correct the issue to date? How does that impact Levine's attitude towards gene testing?

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

What is the long term impact of gene technology? What are the pros and cons of this technology? Why are the two sides so firmly divided on this issue? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Do the benefits outweigh the underlying that such technology will forever alter human beings? What are the moral ramifications of genetic therapy? Should genetic enhancement be permitted? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,098 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample