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

2. How does the narrator describe Mark's feelings as he fights the male pilot in Chapter 42?

3. On what floor is Mark in the beginning of his dream/flashback in Chapter 46?

4. As the Berg pilots exit through a door in Chapter 31, one of them says, "They've already got a name for it, by the way. They're calling it" what?

5. The narrator says of Mark in Chapter 44, "He had to find Trina. If for no other reason that so he could" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anton say a revolt is being planned in Chapter 33?

2. How is Baxter's death described in the flashback in Chapter 46?

3. What does Alec deduce as he and Mark follow the path of the others in Chapter 29?

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

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

6. Who is the first person that Alec shoots with a Transvice in Chapter 49? What happens when the man is shot?

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

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

9. What objectives do Mark and Alec set out in Chapter 32?

10. How does Trina help the group to escape from the infected people in Chapter 58?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How has Trina's character changed once she has become infected with the Flare virus? How would you compare the progression of Trina's illness with the other characters in the novel? How does Trina behave differently toward Mark?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Lana's death in the narrative. Where is Lana when Mark and Alec track her down in Chapter 55? How is her appearance described? Why does Alec kill Lana?

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