2. What does Marsha discover with the dead body she finds?
(a) A message written in blood on the wall.
(b) An ace of spades.
(c) A threatening note.
(d) A photograph.

3. Why did VJ kill Maurice and Mark?
(a) They disliked him.
(b) They refused to help him with his plans.
(c) They each had a piece of equipment he wanted to steal.
(d) He did not want to have competition.

4. Who does Victor try to prepare the presentation of VJ's work for?
(a) The press.
(b) Marsha.
(c) The board of directors of Chimera.
(d) The local university.

5. What behavioral problem does VJ have at school?
(a) He gets into fights.
(b) He is loud and talks back to teachers.
(c) He is quiet and won't talk with others.
(d) He doesn't pay attention in class.

6. What is Marsha's reaction to VJ's revelations?
(a) She is irritated.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She is upset.

7. What does VJ show his parents in a secret area of his lab?
(a) Four deformed fetuses.
(b) A fully formed human body growing in fluid.
(c) Three chimpanzee test subjects.
(d) A human-animal hybrid.

8. What does Victor see is keeping the river from flooding into a building?
(a) A large bolt.
(b) An iron sheet.
(c) A large rock.
(d) A fallen tree.

9. How does Victor free himself from VJ's guard?
(a) Victor kills the guard.
(b) Victor bribes the guard to let him go.
(c) Victor drugs the guard and locks him up.
(d) Victor hits the guard over the head and ties him up.

10. What is the result of the independent investigation of William Hurst's scientific work?
(a) The investigation has found a few questionable assumptions.
(b) The investigation has found no problems with Hurst's data.
(c) The investigation has found one clearly falsified test result.
(d) The investigation has found glaring irregularities.

11. Where were Gephardt's fraudulent purchases delivered?
(a) Victor's home.
(b) A nonexistent address.
(c) Chimera.
(d) HIs home.

12. Who threatens Marsha while she's trying to track down Orlando Martinez?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A Colombian drug gang.
(d) Police officers.

13. At the end of Chapter 9, what does VJ admit to his father that he's done?
(a) Kill Maurice and Mark.
(b) Modify his father's research.
(c) Skipped school.
(d) Log in to the Chimera computer systems.

14. Whose liver tissue does Victor get from the hospital in Chapter 10?
(a) Janice Fay's.
(b) Mark Murray's.
(c) David Frank's.
(d) Maurice Hobb's.

15. Where was the fatal drug likely administered to Maurice and Mark?
(a) At a birthday party.
(b) At their homes.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At the Chimera daycare.