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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. What does Ricky tell Jack his company is doing a lot of at their fabrication plant?

2. How many lines does Nicole get to perform in her school play?

3. What company did Jack once work for?

4. Why does Nicole cry at the end of Day 4?

5. How old is Charley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dream does Mary describe when she is talking on the phone with Jack?

2. What is unusual about the condition Amanda develops on Day 2?

3. How do the men in the helicopter treat Jack when they learn he is acting as a consultant for Xymos and MediaTronics?

4. Why does one of the PR men for Xymos get out of the helicopter? Why do the other PR men tell him not to?

5. What does Jack think about the weight of children's backpacks these days?

6. What does Eric say the "vacuum men" looked like?

7. What does Julia tell Jack as she is being carried into the ambulance?

8. Who accuses Xymos of illegal practices and why?

9. What does Julia do at her job?

10. Where is Julia when Jack tries to call her at the end of Day 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Technology is the most dominant element in Prey. Write an essay exploring the ideas of technology and technological advances. How is technology important to the story? How do technological advances both hinder and help the protagonists? What lesson is to be learned from the story when it comes to technology and using it wisely? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how Ricky's personality changes throughout the story. What types of things does he joke about when Jack catches him in the supermarket? How is Ricky's behavior much different after Jack reaches the facility? How does he treat Jack when they are working together? What types of suspicious things does he do that eventually leads Jack to suspect him? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Death occurs frequently in Prey. Write an essay exploring the reasons behind the deaths in the book. Could they have been prevented? How? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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