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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member is the first to know about the spill?
(a) Babette.
(b) Jack.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Steffie.

2. What is the name of Murray's rival and fellow professor who died over vacation?
(a) Papadakis.
(b) Dasilakis.
(c) Gatos.
(d) Cotsakis.

3. What headline does Willie Mink use to advertise Dylar and attract experimental volunteers?
(a) YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON.
(b) FEAR OF DEATH.
(c) BREATHE EASY.
(d) LIVE FOREVER.

4. Where are they supposed to evacuate to?
(a) The airport.
(b) A boy scout camp.
(c) The supermarket.
(d) The mall.

5. What food items is Jack referring to in the following description: [it] was gleaming and wet, hard-edged? There was a self-conscious quality about it. It look carefully observed..."?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Ground beef.
(c) Lobsters.
(d) Ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Babette want to take Dylar?

2. What is the name of the material the emergency worker's suits are made out of?

3. What kind of car does the family's newspaper delivery person drive?

4. Who demands to know the real name of Mr. Gray?

5. Who pumps the gas when the family is evacuating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Denise concerned about Babette going running, and what does she do about it?

2. According to Heinrich, toxic spills are not "the real issue." What does he tell his sisters and parents they should be worried of?

3. Where does Jack drive Willie Mink and why?

4. When Murray and Jack discuss the weird feelings they have about Howard, what are some of the things they mention that just do not feel right?

5. Where does Jack discover Babette's Dylar?

6. Whom does Jack give the sample of Dylar to, and why?

7. Murray says that there are two kinds of people, killers and diers. Which one does Jack say he is and why?

8. What is the Law of Ruins Jack describes?

9. What is the condition Babette has, for which she is taking Dylar.

10. According to Jack, why does this family not have to worry about evacuating or being affected?

(see the answer keys)

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