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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. Whose footprints disappear along the trail that Alec and Mark are following in Chapter 29?

2. Who is handing over the meeting to Bruce when Mark and Alec first sneak into the meeting in Chapter 36?

3. How long ago does the old man in the bunker room say they chose a settlement as a test in Chapter 33?

4. How many children are discovered in the basement of the second house that Mark and Alec inspect on their search for their friends in Chapter 54?

5. How does one of the pursuers manage to break into the Berg as it lifts off in Chapter 44?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mark and Alec manage to find Deedee and Trina in Chapter 56? How are Deedee and Trina described when they are rescued?

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

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

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

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

8. Where do Mark and Alec encounter Anton in Chapter 33? Why does Anton say he has abandoned his mission?

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

10. What does Bruce remark about the PFC in the meeting in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Alec in the novel. How old is Alec? What was Alec's former profession? How does Alec's former profession play into his actions in The Kill Order?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Mark as the main protagonist in The Kill Order. Where is Mark when his character is first introduced? What does the narrator reveal about Mark's past and his meeting with Alec in the course of the story? What has happened to Mark's family?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impacts of the sun flares on the earth as examined in the novel. When do the sun flares begin? How long do they last? How many people are killed by the effects of the sun flares?

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