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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 Jack suspect Ricky of doing?

2. What type of medicine does Jack take for the pain he feels from his injuries?

3. Which objects of entertainment can be found in the lounge of the Xymos fabrication building?

4. Which animal does the structure in the main fabrication building look like?

5. Which two people stay behind when the team goes to retrieve the isotopes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack save Charley and himself and get back to the compound before the swarm can catch them?

2. Why does Jack suspect that Ricky is more involved with the swarms than he is admitting?

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

4. How is the manufactured swarm able to fly?

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

6. What is Charley's health like when he joins the team for dinner on Day 6?

7. Why does the team in the desert take refuge in the storage unit?

8. 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?

9. How was the swarm able to evolve with Julia's help before Jack arrived at the facility?

10. Why are the scientists unable to collect the units when they become deactivated at night when there is no sun to power them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Prey acts as a warning to those who read it. Technology should be used with discretion and care. The book ends ominously- the reader does not know for sure what happens to Jack. Write an essay explaining how Prey acts as a warning to its readers. What is the most frightful about the story? Why should technology be handled carefully and thoughtfully? Could a real swarm ever possibly be created? Why or why not? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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