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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. In Chicago, Dr. Martin Bennett gets a visit from a woman who claims to be his what?

2. Among the possessions Brad packs is a what?

3. What grade is Billy in?

4. Brad Gordon is at an amusement park admiring some young teenagers when a man asks him to step out of line for the ________________.

5. Henry puts tracking devices in his children's what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what is learned about Dr. Bellarmino and his family in this section, as well as your opinion on the matter.

2. Who, it turns out, was actually responsible for destroying BioGen and contaminating the cell line and why? What is the outcome?

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

4. Describe how Vasco Borden, the bounty hunter mentioned at the beginning of the book, is brought back in this section of the book.

5. Describe the incident between BIlly, Jamie and Dave in the section.

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

7. Explain Dr. Bennett's predicament in this section and how you feel about it.

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. Explain the incident with the turtle and what it implies.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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