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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. The fugitive and the woman leave the hotel room to go where?

2. What is Jack's last name?

3. What is Roberts' assistant's name?

4. Who is recruited to contaminate the Burnet cell line?

5. A focus group names a gene the ___________ gene.

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. Explain how Dr. Bellarmino shows conflicting attitude is this section of the book.

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

4. Explain the results of the meeting between Alex, Frank and the university lawyers. Do you agree or disagree with the lawyers and why?

5. Explain Rick Diehl's attitude regarding finding out that his wife cheated on him.

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

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

8. Although bio research can be useful, it can also cause problems. What are some of the potential problems that may be associated with bio research?

9. Why is Frank Burnet suing the Regents of the University of California?

10. Explain the reaction that Tom Weller's sister has to her father's death. If you were in Tom's sister's position, would you have the same reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rick Diehl tries to get custody of his children by using his wife's genes to show that she is an unfit mother. Answer the following questions about that situation:

1. Do you feel that Rick should have custody of the children? Why or why not?

2. Do you feel that Rick has any right to say that his wife is genetically unfit to have custody? Why or why not?

3. What qualities do you feel make a good parent? Do you think that Rick or his wife have any of those qualities. If yes, which ones? If no, who should get the children, instead?

Essay Topic 2

Choose three important lessons that you learned from the book as a whole. Describe what those lessons are, when you learned them and why you feel that they are important. Some examples of topics include:

Animal testing

Human DNA experimentation

Bounty hunting

Legal rights

Stealing

Lying

Essay Topic 3

Answer the following questions about Henry using examples from the story:

1. Why do you think Henry wanted to create a highly intelligent chimpanzee?

2. Why do you think Henry used his own DNA to make the chimpanzee cross breed, Dave?

3. Do you think that Henry thought of Dave as his son, or only as his experiment? Do you feel that his opinion changed throughout the book? If so, when and in what ways? If not, why not?

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