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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. 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?

2. The Weller family is suing what hospital?

3. Mrs. Levine starts to cry until Ellis agrees to do what?

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

5. The girl Brad supposedly raped took forty-five minutes to drive to the hospital, a drive which should have taken about how many minutes?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Explain how greed motivates Josh and Rick in this section with regards to the maturity gene.

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

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

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

6. Describe Jack Watson's role in the prologue and what it could mean to the rest of the story.

7. How does BioGen try to discredit Frank?

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

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

10. How does a previous incident with Brad come up in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, Brad is used as a sort of means to an end. His uncle, Jack, is a major investor in BioGen, and, as a result, Brad is the security guard. Soon after Rick's car is stolen from the lot, though. Brad becomes the target of a setup. Answer the following questions about Brad:

1. What is the relationship between Brad and his uncle like? Does it change throughout the book? If so, in what way.

2. Using examples from the story, explain whether or not you feel that Brad was a mere puppet in the story or that he made conscious decisions that led him to each problem he encountered.

3. Do you feel that the story would have been jsut as good if Brad didn't exist in it? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Josh's mother had the best of intentions in asking Josh to send retrovirus to her neighbor's son and to her cousin in New York. Write an essay on your opinion of the morality of her decision, using both examples from the book and from real life. Since Josh's mother had good intentions, do you feel that it is her fault that things went so badly? Why or why not? Also, what might have happened if the retrovirus wound up in the hands of someone else accidentally, for example a small child?

Essay Topic 3

Josh Winkler takes a retrovirus from his lab and, by accident, his brother, Adam, inhales it.

Part 1: Why did Josh take the retrovirus from the lab?

Part 2: Was Josh as greedy as Rick, Marty or Robert, as the book progressed? Why or why not?

Part 3: Use examples from the book to explain the different phases of greed, guilt and redemption for Josh.

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