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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. According to Dr. Zollner, what is the Department of Agriculture the animal equivalent of?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) The Centers for Disease Control.
(c) The Department of the Interior.
(d) The Foundation for a Better Life.

2. What is the name of the detective from Suffolk County assigned to the Gordon case?
(a) Detective Seigfried.
(b) Detective Penrose.
(c) Detective Johnson.
(d) Detective Morinda.

3. Where was Tom Gordon's bullet wound that killed him?
(a) In his throat.
(b) In his left breast.
(c) In the side of his left temple.
(d) Through the bridge of his nose.

4. What lingering memory from a crime scene does John have the most difficulty forgetting?
(a) The smell of death.
(b) The taste of death in the air.
(c) The sound of the silence.
(d) The sight of the bodies.

5. What recent disease was caught by humans from animals, and was being studied on Plum Island?
(a) Swine flu.
(b) A strain of horse fever.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Mad Cow Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John order for lunch instead of meat during his visit to Plum Island in Chapter 12?

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

3. What gives John goose bumps at the end of Chapter 6?

4. When John is meeting with the other officials in the Gordons' kitchen in Chapter 4, what does he drink?

5. Whose voice does John's voice-warning and advisory system in his car remind him of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Max want to bring John on as a consultant in the Gordon case?

4. When John sees the pig dying of African swine fever in Chapter 12, what does it remind him of?

5. Describe the Olde Towne Taverne.

6. What hobby had the Gordons taken up on Plum Island that involved Paul Stevens?

7. Why doesn't John think that the Gordons would sell biological warfare materials?

8. Describe the appearance of Ted Nash when John is introduced to him in Chapter 4.

9. Describe Uncle Harry's house as it is described in Chapter 1.

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

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