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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. Josh's mother's New York relative is ______________.
(a) Mrs. Lawrence.
(b) Mrs. Livingstone
(c) Mrs. Levine.
(d) Mrs. Larson.

2. Mrs. Bond discovers that someone has been helping her son with ____________.
(a) Skipping school.
(b) Housework.
(c) A secret project.
(d) Homework.

3. Roberts thinks he should fire Raza but, before he can, Raza does what?
(a) Gets murdered.
(b) Disappears entirely.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Quits.

4. What is Mr. Bellarmino's first name?
(a) George.
(b) Robert.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Alan.

5. After a meeting, Frank has a discussion with a young man who delivered ________________.
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) A Package.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Weller is unhappy about being where?

2. Henry Kendall goes to his old friend, Marty Roberts, and asks him to run a test on __________ he was sent in the mail.

3. What is Borden's first name?

4. What is the name of the parrot?

5. Mrs. Bond spends the night with her lover who is also her ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Adam's behavior suddenly changes and he goes off drugs and gets a job, Josh tells their mother about the retrovirus Adam inhaled. Then, their mother asks Josh to send some of the retrovirus to a drug-addicted son of a friend. Do you agree with that request or Josh's reaction to it? Why or why not?

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

3. Do you agree with the hospital's reaction of destroying the remaining tissues in the Weller case when Emily Weller requests her own investigation?

4. Explain Henry Kendall's reaction to the news of a talking orangutan in Sumatra.

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

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

7. Brad Gordon is the inept security guard at BioGen. He only has the job because his uncle is Jack Watson, an investor in the company. Do you agree with Brad being given the job at BioGen or relatives being given jobs, in general, in real life?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. Explain how Robert Bellarmino is introduced and what it could mean for future chapters.

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