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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. Why did Victor use two of the embryos on his employees' wives?
2. What file has been deleted from Victor's computer?
3. What was Sharon Carver fired for?
4. What types of animals did Victor experiment with NGF on?
5. How does VJ get to Victor's lab?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who meets the Frank family when they return to their home?
2. What is Victor's response to the news of Mark Murray's illness?
3. What does VJ do after receiving the phone call, after his parents have left?
4. How does Sharon Carver try to get her job back?
5. What might VJ's motivation be for how he performed during the race with Victor?
6. What does William Hurst argue with Victor about?
7. What is the implication of Mark and Maurice's illnesses?
8. What does Marsha find difficult to accept about VJ's personality?
9. What is Marsha's attitude toward what she discovers Victor has done?
10. What disagreement do Marsha and Victor have about the remaining embryos?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Marsha is the main female character in the novel, but the novel also includes minor female characters such as Janice and Josephine. Discuss the portrayal of women in the novel.
1) Is Victor's treatment of Marsha and her opinions different from his treatment of men? How does Victor treat women in general in the novel?
2) How is Marsha's perspective as a woman different from Victor's as a man? What do Marsha and Victor's perspectives say about men and women in general?
3) How are other women in the novel, aside from Marsha, portrayed? What commonalities are there among the female characters?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, appearance often runs counter to reality. Discuss appearance versus reality in the novel.
1) What does the author accomplish by writing about a villain who is a ten-year-old boy? How does it affect the tone of the novel and its emotional impact on the reader?
2) When, in the novel, are appearances different from reality? When do outward appearances reflect reality? Compare and contrast these two types of situations.
3) In the novel, how is truth discerned from false appearances? How difficult or easy is it to uncover the truth?
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