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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. What does the anonymous note to VJ say?

2. What is the dominant feature of Victor's company's facilities?

3. What did David die of?

4. What is thrown through VJ's window?

5. What exam does Marsha plan to give VJ after his physical exam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marsha find difficult to accept about VJ's personality?

2. Who meets the Frank family when they return to their home?

3. How does Sharon Carver try to get her job back?

4. What does William Hurst argue with Victor about?

5. What does Victor think, when he sees the baby after he is born?

6. What is Victor's attitude toward the morality of his actions?

7. What does VJ do after receiving the phone call, after his parents have left?

8. What is Victor's response to Mark Murray's death?

9. What does the baby do with the object it grabs when it is first born?

10. How do Victor's test results on Mark and Maurice compare to VJ's test results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel Mutation addresses the ethics of scientific experimentation. Discuss this aspect of the novel.

1) What types of questionable ethical decisions does Victor make? What are the consequences of these decisions? What is Victor's point of view about the morality of his experimentation?

2) How does VJ approach ethical and moral questions? Does he consider ethics? Why or why not? What are his considerations when deciding what the right thing to do is?

3) What role does ethics and morality play in science in general in the novel? Do any scientists consider ethical questions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss secretiveness in the novel.

1) What secrets does VJ keep in the novel? Why does VJ keep secrets? Why don't his parents realize what he's doing?

2) What secrets does Victor keep in the novel? Why does he keep these secrets? What would Victor lose or gain by making his discoveries public and being more open about his research?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the settings of the novel.

1) Discuss the setting of the Chimera compound. How does the size of the compound affect the story? How does the security of the compound affect the story?

2) Discuss the setting of the clock tower and river. What do the clock tower and river add to the tone and mood of the story? How do they help the plot of the story to develop?

3) How do the time the novel is set in and the time period the novel was written in affect it? Will the novel continue to be relevant as time passes?

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