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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 the team in the desert use to communicate?

2. Which process is Xymos's molecule manufacturing the closest to?

3. Why is creating assemblers complicated?

4. What objects does Julia use to teach the swarm?

5. Why did Xymos and MediaTronics choose the bacteria type they did for manufacturing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the airlock not close when Jack pulls Charley's unconscious body inside?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how feelings of isolation play a role in Prey. Which characters feel isolated and why? What is unusual to Jack and the other characters about the location of the Xymos facility? Is isolation a good or bad thing in most of the cases in the story? Why? 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

Jack is a stay at home father. He used to have a job but lost it due to an unfair conflict at work. Now he spends his days taking care of his children, shopping, and cooking for his family. Write an essay exploring Jack's opinions and ideas on being a stay at home father. Does he like the job? What aspect of being a stay at home father does he find most difficult? Which aspect does he find the easiest? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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