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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. Where does Nye's first bullet go?

2. How does he stop Roscoe from drinking?

3. What happens to the patent for the Anasazi corn?

4. How does Carson know Nye is near?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Charles and Brent finally resolve things?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what ways does Levine underestimate Scopes?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What patent does Charles Levine refuse to renew with Brent Scopes? What is so special about this patent? Why is Charles so dead set against renewal of this patent when he coauthored it to begin with? What were the circumstances that led to his releasing the patent to Scopes the first time? What irony has them repeating the same circumstances so many years later for basically the same reason? What did Charles want to do with their discovery in the beginning and why is it ironic that Brent Scopes is considered to be a philanthropist?

Essay Topic 2

How does Levine reveal information to a televised audience after he has been warned not to do so? What human quality does he rely on to help him to reveal facts to the audience? Does this absolve him of responsibility in the eyes of the law? Would this hold up in light of the pending lawsuit against him? Knowing the nature of people, could Levine be sure that his method of revelation would work?

Essay Topic 3

Carson's assistant Susana de Vaca has a way of getting under his skin. How does she do that? Why does she persist in that behavior when she knows that it makes him angry? Despite his anger, how does the teasing by de Vaca tie into their survival later in the desert? Without this knowledge, Carson and de Vaca would likely not have survived their ordeal. Who do they owe their survival to and in how many instances was information from this person a direct benefit to them in their desert struggle?

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