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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 is Dolly?
2. Who swallows a tracking device during a fight?
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. Mr. Bond gives the client what?
5. Where is Georgia's husband when Georgia finds the bruise on their daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Dave fits in well with the Kendall family, but it does not take long before he realizes that he is different from everyone else. Lynn tries to make him feel better, but has difficulty knowing how to treat him. How might you deal with the situation in Lynn's place?
2. How is Brad Gordon's situation worsened, yet again, 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. How do Vasco and DOlly figure out where Alex has gone?
5. How did Alex's father try to warn Alex of the situation and what objects did he send her to help?
6. Explain what is learned about Dr. Bellarmino and his family in this section, as well as your opinion on the matter.
7. What does Alex do when she finds out there's an arrest warrant out for her and do you agree with it?
8. Describe the advertising meeting in London.
9. Describe how Vasco Borden, the bounty hunter mentioned at the beginning of the book, is brought back in this section of the book.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Many of the characters in the book are intertwined. Explain how those characters are connected, with special emphasis on how Alex and her son are connected to the Kendalls. What significance does that have, particularly towards the end of the story. Also, how does Gerard tie into those events?
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