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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 Mercy remember most about the child?

2. Why does this stun Barbara and Joe?

3. Who caused the plane crash according to the voice recorder transcript?

4. What does Mercy see as being even more sad than our view of life and death?

5. What does Joe tell Rose first?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Barbara so afraid that she will reveal nothing to Joe on the phone and then won't even talk to him at her door?

2. What happens as Joe arrives in Los Angeles again that changes his elation back to fear again?

3. What does the Project 99's SSW-89-58 do first when he remotely enters the cabin that Joe, Louis and Nina are in?

4. What is the only thing that Joe can do, and why is it almost impossible for him to do so?

5. Why does Joe believe that in the year that has passed, Rose has never tried to return Nina to him if she really had his daughter?

6. What convoluted route must Joe take for his meeting with 'Demi'?

7. What facts does Joe share with Barbara about the flight that he has so far withheld from her?

8. What bombshell does Rose drop on Joe in the basement of Santa-Fe-by-the-Sea?

9. How do Rose and Joe escape?

10. In what five ways is SSW-89-58 rewarded for good behavior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What similarities are there between CCY-21-21 and SSW-89-58? How are their beginnings related? Why are they valued differently by their handlers? While both are feared to some degree, why is only one is kept in a strictly controlled and isolated environment? What would the outcome of freedom for this subject be? How do the handlers ensure cooperation?

Essay Topic 2

How does CCY-21-21 first exhibit signs that she is more than just an ordinary young girl with above average intelligence? What prompts the first action on her behalf? What tasks is she asked to perform to confirm her abilities? During the execution of these tasks, what other special gift comes to light? What happens when Rose finally allows CCY-21-21 to share that gift with her as well? What does Rose do as a result and why?

Essay Topic 3

Why is SSW-89-58 tasked with ending the lives of both Rose and CCY-21-21? What possible harm could they be to Project 99? What other reasons do the project managers have for fearing CCY-21-21? What can this subject do that might change the entire project, not to mention the people who run it? Why are they unable to see the benefit of these gifts? What one major character flaw do they possess that prevents them from wanting the gift she is able to offer?

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