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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. How large is are the facilities of Victor's company?

2. What disability does Philip have?

3. What happened when VJ was three and a half?

4. Who does the IT department suggest deleted the files, through Victor's home computer?

5. What medical procedure does Victor observe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Victor see that he was doing on the day that the records show the missing files were deleted from his computer?

2. Describe the relationship between VJ and Philip.

3. What do the similarities between the three boys' births and unusual aptitudes imply?

4. What does VJ do at Victor's computer?

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

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

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

8. What is Victor's attitude toward Marsha?

9. What is Victor's emotional reaction to the deleted files?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

VJ is described as evil by some of the characters in the novel. Discuss the novel's portrayal of evil.

1) What is the nature of evil in the novel, and how does the novel address the nature of evil? Is VJ truly evil, and how is he defined as evil?

2) Are Victor's actions evil? Is Victor an evil character? Is Victor more evil than VJ, or less? Why?

3) What other elements of evil, like the Colombian drug cartel, exist in the novel? In what ways are they evil? How does their evil compare to VJ.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss power in the novel.

1) What gives a person power in the novel? How does money affect power? How does technology affect power? How does emotion affect power?

2) How does VJ get what he wants during the novel? What methods of getting what he wants, like cooperation, does VJ reject? Why?

3) What is the relationship between Victor and VJ? Who has power in the relationship, and at what times? How does Victor defeat VJ?

Essay Topic 3

One important element in the novel is the nature of science. Discuss the nature of science as portrayed in the novel.

1) What is the purpose of science? What do the characters in the novel use science to accomplish?

2) Is science in itself good, bad, or neutral? How does the novel put a value on science?

3) How does the portrayal of science in the novel compare to the reality of science?

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