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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives John a ride home from the crime scene in Chapter 2?
(a) Max.
(b) He walks home.
(c) Officer Johnson.
(d) Officer Penrose.

2. Who did the Gordons write a $25,000 check to, that looks suspicious to John, in Chapter 6?
(a) Robin Todd.
(b) To an estate auctioneer.
(c) Margaret Wiley.
(d) A local charity.

3. What is the name of John's partner back in New York?
(a) Tony Smith.
(b) Mark Vincetti.
(c) Nick Pencola.
(d) Dom Fanelli.

4. What is the name of the Gordons' boat?
(a) Spirochete.
(b) Bio 101.
(c) Shazam.
(d) Peaceful Prince.

5. According to Dr. Chen, what virus were the Gordons researching?
(a) Swine Flu.
(b) Ebola.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Catarrh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items does Paul Stevens ask to collect from the officers on the ferry, in Chapter 7?

2. What article in the local newspaper does John read in Chapter 7 that seems pertinent to the investigation?

3. What is the name of the Plum Island security director?

4. According to Dr. Zollner, what is the Department of Agriculture the animal equivalent of?

5. What recent disease was caught by humans from animals, and was being studied on Plum Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Chen explain her job to John?

2. Why does John think that the person Detective Penrose is going to meet in Chapter 3 is really from the FBI or CIA rather than the Department of Agriculture?

3. Why does John suspect that Dr. Chen has been coached in her responses?

4. According to Dr. Zollner, what was the job description of the Gordons?

5. What advice does John give to Sally Hines about the crime scene?

6. What did the Gordons tell Margaret Wiley they planned to do with the land they purchased from her?

7. What reasons does John come up with, when contemplating Gordon continuing the case in Chapter 6?

8. What rule does John have for himself about getting involved in a case?

9. What is interesting to John and Beth about the type of weapons Stevens and his security forces carry on Plum Island?

10. When Elizabeth tries to ask John about what he knows about the case in Chapter 5, what does he ask her about instead?

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