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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 part of Mark's body does the demented infected woman go for first in the beginning of Chapter 52?

2. For how long did Alec, Mark, and the others stay in the Lincoln Building after the sun flares?

3. About how many bunks are in the bunker room that Alec and Mark discover in Chapter 32?

4. How wide is the yach that is described in Chapter 46?

5. What color light bulb is outside of the door that presumably leads to the generators in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anton say the virus was developed and released in Chapter 33? What went wrong in the process?

2. How are the technologies of the Flat Trans and the Transvices described in Chapter 49?

3. How is the meeting described that Mark and Alec spy on in Chapter 36?

4. What happens in the New York tunnels in Mark's dream/flashback in Chapter 35?

5. Where has Alec landed the Berg in Chapter 45? What do he and Mark discuss after the landing?

6. What leads up to Lana's death in Chapter 55? Who kills Lana?

7. Whom does Anton say developed the virus in Chapter 33? What effects was the virus supposed to have?

8. What does Alec warn Mark about as they set out on their rescue mission in Chapter 53?

9. What do Mark and Alec overhear once they've entered the Berg headquarters in Chapter 31?

10. What is demanded by the gunman in the flashback in Chapter 47? How is the gunman overpowered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Berg that lands in Mark and Alec's settlement in the beginning of the novel. Who emerges from the Berg and what do they do? How do Alec and Mark manage to take down the Berg? What do they discover once they have taken it down?

Essay Topic 2

Who has created and unleashed the Flare virus in The Kill Order? Why has the virus been created and released? Do you think that there is legitimate justification for the release of the virus? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the tribal cult members that Mark and Alec encounter in the forest. What are the cult members doing when Mark and Alec encounter them? Why do the cult members take Mark and Alec prisoner? How do the protagonists escape?

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