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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 is the half-life of Selenium?

2. What stage does Jack think that nanotechnology is still in?

3. What object does Jack lose in one of the explosions out in the desert on Day 6?

4. Who chases Charley into the communications room on the security tape?

5. What does Jack claim caused the explosion at the Xymos fabrication facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the isotopes that the team retrieves a potent weapon against the swarms?

2. Where do Jack, Mae, and Bobby find Rosie's body when they go back outside on Day 6?

3. Why does Jack decide to go back out into the desert once the sun goes down on Day 6?

4. How do Jack and Mae kill off the swarms?

5. Why is the swarm self-sustaining?

6. Why does Mae request a second look at the dead rabbit?

7. Whom do Jack and Mae see on the security tape? What are the people on the tape doing?

8. Why does Jack have a hard time believing that the swarm is capable of eating its prey?

9. What happens when the three survivors take shelter in the cars?

10. How is Mae able to cover up the truth from Julia when she comes in the room and asks what she and Jack are doing on Day 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack was in charge of a team of people when he worked for MediaTronics. He was responsible for developing PREDPREY and other programs. To him programming was a hot field and he was one of the leading people in it. Write an essay that explains the duties Jack was responsible for at his old job. What type of programming team did he lead? What sort of programs did his team develop? What types of things did he have to manage on a day-to-day basis? Did he enjoy being in charge of these things? Why or why not? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Creating the units that make up a swarm takes a very delicate manufacturing process. Xymos has gone out of its way to create an assembly that is unlike any other. Write an essay explaining how the Xymos assembly process works. What materials does Xymos use to manufacture their units? Why is their process more like genetic engineering and less like nano manufacturing? What are the magnetic fields and cryogenic rooms used for? What is the product of the process and how does it fit into the whole? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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