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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. Who wanted to keep the swarm alive when it was suggested the first time that it should be destroyed?

2. Why do Julia, Ricky, Vince, and Bobby sleep with the lights on?

3. Who wanted to test the swarm for intelligence early on before it started evolving?

4. Who does Mae and Jack see walking around in the cave?

5. Why does Jack lift the person he saves after entering the airlock to the Xymos fabrication building?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jack find out that the swarm release into the desert was intentional?

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

4. What are Jack and Ricky discussing when the alarm goes off?

5. 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?

6. How is the manufactured swarm able to fly?

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

8. Why is the team safest in the desert when the wind speed is high?

9. Who does Jack see the swarm mimic when he is inside their nest?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ellen is a character who is supportive and intelligent. She is the one adult Jack feels like he can rely on. Write an essay detailing the ways in which Ellen is important to Jack, and how she affects any other characters and the plot. 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

Honesty is a trait that is scarcely found in the older characters in Prey. Jack is an honest man while Julia is a dishonest woman. The same goes for Mae and Ricky. Write an essay exploring the ideas of honesty and truth. How does honesty play into the plot of the story? Which characters are the most truthful, open, and honest? Which are the least truthful? Which are the most secretive? Why? Could being honest have saved the lives of some of the characters in Prey? Why or why not? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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