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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to a lawyer to find out if there is any way he can get a patent on a component of the maturity gene?
(a) Adam
(b) Ellis
(c) Tom
(d) Josh

2. Where is Jack giving a speech?
(a) Ballroom.
(b) Auditorium.
(c) Dining room.
(d) Classroom.

3. What is Brad's last name?
(a) Gillis.
(b) Gardner.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Gordon.

4. Where does Mr. Levine live?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) New York.
(d) Arizona.

5. Mr. Bellarmino is speaking at the Congressional Biotechnology Prayer _____________.
(a) Lunch.
(b) Brunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the doctor been doing to Frank?

2. Roberts calls Mrs. Weller and suggests that she do what?

3. Who is Brad the nephew of?

4. What is Frank's daughter's name?

5. Brad Gordon is arrested for aggravated assault and ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Brad Gordon is visited by a beautiful woman who reminds him how helpful his uncle has always been to him. To pay him back, the woman instructs Brad to contaminate the Burnet cell line at BioGen. Brad agrees. What further insight does that give into Brad's character?

2. Henry Kendall learns that the blood he took to Roberts is human and that the DNA matches his own. Henry goes to the NIH lab in Bethesda where he was working on a transgenic chimpanzee four years ago when an encephalitis outbreak interrupted. Henry spends time with the chimpanzee, who is, for all intents and purposes, Henry's son, before learning it is to be destroyed. Henry decides to steal the chimpanzee from the lab and take it home, though he is not sure what he will do with him then. Do you feel that it was right for Henry to steal the Chimpanzee?

3. What opinions does Robert Bellarmino express while giving his speech in this section and do you agree with him? Why or why not?

4. Do you agree with Josh's attitude when Adam inhales the retrovirus? Why or why not?

5. Based on information int his section, what sort of person is Emily Weller?

6. Describe Jack Watson's reaction to the news that RIck's car was stolen and what that indicates about Watson's character.

7. In the prologue, the reader is introduced to a fugitive who stole embryos from his place of work, a research lab. What possible motives might the fugitive have had and do you agree with those motives?

8. The book focuses on bio research, as is made clear in the prologue. What are some of the potential benefits of bio research?

9. Explain Roberts' sudden change of attitude at the cemetery and the results of it.

10. Explain how the Levines are further identified, in Chapter 23 and what that could mean later, as things develop.

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