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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. Gerard then finds a place where what sort of fruit is growing?

2. The bird is eventually taken to a pet shop where?

3. Rick Diehl's lawyers tell him that he owns the Burnet cell line, therefore he has a right to take it from where?

4. In Berkley, Mark Sanger is arrested for tampering with the leatherback turtles __________________.

5. Alex and Jamie go get some dinner and then go to a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rick Diehl's lawyers tell him that he owns the Burnet cell line, therefore he has a right to take it from any source. Since Frank Burnet's children and grandchildren have the same cells, they technically are in possession of stolen property. Do you agree with that assessment?

2. Explain how Josh's previous actions are catching up to him in this section of the book.

3. What was Brad Gordon's final fate in the book and how did it affect another key character?

4. What major problem regarding Burnet's cells does Rick have in this section and what could that mean later on?

5. Billy Cleever, the sixth grader Dave bit earlier in the day, is on his way home from school with his friends when they see Dave and Jamie up ahead. Billy's friends goad him into getting Dave back for the earlier incident. Billy jumps Jamie in the park, knocking him down. What are your opinions of that incident?

6. Do you agree or disagree with Ellis Levine wanting to sue Josh for his mother's Alzheimer's symptoms?

7. Describe the advertising meeting in London.

8. Explain the interactions between Stan Milgram and Gerard in this section and Stan's unusual reaction to Gerard.

9. In Paris, Gail Bond stops spending the night at her own apartment, giving her husband the opportunity to make Gerard, their transgenic bird, disappear. Gail knows her husband is behind the disappearance due to his hatred of the bird, but cannot prove it. What does that say about Gail as a person?

10. Explain the case of mistaken identity in this section and how everyone is able to track the kidnappers.

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

A central topic of the book is animal experimentation. Answer the following questions comparing Gerard's case to Dave's:

1. Since breeding a chimpanzee with a man can be potentially dangerous, do you feel that Henry should not have experimented with an embryo to create Dave? Why or why not?

2. Since giving Gerard, a parrot, super intelligence does not seem outwardly dangerous, does that make his case more acceptable than Dave's? Use several examples from the story and real life to explain your opinion.

3. Do you feel that Gerard, Dave, neither or both should be considered property? Does heightened intelligence automatically indicate that they should be considered intelligent beings in charge of their own lives, or are they property, since they were the result of lab experiments?

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