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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. Why does Jack make his children drink the virus?

2. How many volts of electricity are used to cool the doughnut-like structure Ricky shows Jack?

3. Why is Jack's voice hoarse when he talks to Julia on Day 7?

4. How large was the logo the xenon atoms formed during the IBM experiment?

5. What was the public's reaction to the IBM atom experiment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the swarm self-sustaining?

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

3. Why does Jack suggest they drink the brown sludge that comes from the bacteria tanks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the swarm look like when Jack first sees it?

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

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 3

Julia and Jack share a tenuous relationship through most of the story. Write an essay that explores the relationship between Jack and Julia. What types of things does Julia accuse Jack of doing? Why is she seemingly harsher to him than he is to her? Is Julia justified in her accusations and actions? Why or why not? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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