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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 does the team think they see outside of the facility when they are eating dinner?

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

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

4. How does Charley chase off the swarm that invades his hiding place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the manufactured swarm able to fly?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Julia look like after Jack manages to separate the swarm from her body?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice is an element several of the characters experience. While some characters are more sacrificial than others, there are many instances of people trying to help each other in times of duress and need. Write an essay detailing the sacrificial actions some of the characters take for others. Which character sacrifices the most? How so? Explain. Which characters sacrifice the least? Why? Are there any characters that do nothing for anyone but themselves? If so, who is it and why do they do it? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

There are multiple antagonists in Prey. The swarms developed by Xymos are the most powerful and daunting of them all. Write an essay explaining how the swarms are the major antagonist throughout the story. What sort of trouble do the swarms create? How does the evolutionary process the swarm goes through affect the protagonists in the story? Why is the swarm more and more difficult to kill as the plot progresses? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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