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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. Why does Nash think it may be difficult to determine if the Gordons removed any samples from Plum Island, in Chapter 4?
(a) Because there is not a great security system at Plum Island.
(b) Because the computer system at Plum Island had been down for the week.
(c) Because bacteria like to reproduce and are low-tech.
(d) Because the Gordon's had very high security clearance.

2. What security clearance did the Gordons have on Plum Island?
(a) Zones 1-3.
(b) Zones 1-2.
(c) Zones 1-4.
(d) Zones 1-5.

3. What type of things do they study on Plum Island, according to Ted Nash?
(a) He refuses to give any information about what is studied.
(b) Biological warfare.
(c) Strictly human diseases.
(d) Strictly animal diseases.

4. What does Dr. Zollner believe that the Gordons wanted more than being rich?
(a) They wanted freedom to test new theories.
(b) They wanted to remain anonymous.
(c) They wanted a high-ranking, more powerful position.
(d) They wanted to be famous.

5. Where did Paul Stevens earn his degree?
(a) Yale.
(b) Michigan State.
(c) Dartmouth.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What documents does John take from the office to study in the living room, in Chapter 5?

4. Who does Ted Nash quote when the clock strikes twelve in Chapter 4?

5. Who found the Gordons' bodies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the appearance of Paul Stevens.

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

4. Describe John's appearance as he sits on the porch at the opening of the novel.

5. What is Dr. Zollner's theory concerning the Gordons' deaths in Chapter 11?

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

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

8. Describe the Gordons' house.

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

10. Who is Kenneth Gibbs and what does he look like?

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