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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 begs Jack to save the children?

2. Who shares Jack's hiding spot with him when the team gets stuck outside the isotope storage unit?

3. Who owns the dirt bike that Jack finds?

4. What does Mae use to destroy a few of the swarms?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. How is the manufactured swarm able to fly?

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

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

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

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

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

Death occurs frequently in Prey. Write an essay exploring the reasons behind the deaths in the book. Could they have been prevented? How? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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