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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. How old is Charley?

2. Who is Rosie?

3. Why do the women at the office where Jack takes Amanda treat him differently?

4. What does Jack find sitting under Amanda's crib?

5. What is Ricky's attitude like when he is giving Jack his tour of the facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jack program PREDPREY with the predator-prey model?

2. Why is Mary worried about her husband?

3. Describe what Amanda looks like the day after her trip to the hospital.

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

5. What is the other medical case similar to Amanda's that the doctor speaks to Jack about?

6. How does Julia act when she is at dinner with Ellen, Jack, and her children?

7. What reason does Mary give for Ricky and Julia's strange behavior?

8. What does Julia do at her job?

9. Describe Mae Chang.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how feelings of isolation play a role in Prey. Which characters feel isolated and why? What is unusual to Jack and the other characters about the location of the Xymos facility? Is isolation a good or bad thing in most of the cases in the story? Why? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Infidelity plays a major role in the protagonist's life in Prey. Jack thinks that Julia is having an affair from the beginning of the story. He has no concrete evidence and yet he is nearly positive that something strange is going on. Write an essay explaining the reasons why Jack thinks that Julia is having an affair. Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Love is an element that pulses throughout Prey. Write an essay exploring the ideas of love and redemption. How is Julia redeemed right before death? How does she hold on to the love she has for her family despite being a host for the swarm? Why does Jack still love Julia despite all that has happened? What good memories of her does he still posses? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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