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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 Susana learn about the Level 5 lab?

2. What does Singer tell Carson about Levine and Brent?

3. Who does Carson see in the desert?

4. What does Levine want Mime to do?

5. What does Singer reveal to Carson on the balcony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carson see Nye doing and what is suspicious about his behavior?

2. What is the protocol that is followed when a breach of this kind occurs?

3. How does Brent get even with Levine for televising the accident details from Mount Dragon?

4. What happens to Vanderwagon at dinner?

5. What event does Dr. Charles Levine disclose to his audience after he finishes a lecture at Harvard?

6. What is significant about the satellite photos that Dr. Levine shows his lecture audience?

7. What is Brandon-Smith's problem with how Guy is handling the research he is doing?

8. What does Nye do that upsets Carson and how does Carson deal with it?

9. What mistake does Carson make on his first day?

10. Who assumes control after Rosalind is exposed and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What resources does Brent Scopes avail himself of to discredit Levine when he is bringing the events of Rosalind's death to light? How does Brent use these resources to undermine the credibility of Levine so that he is not taken as seriously? What effect does this counter attack have on Levine? How does this counter attack resemble the methods used by political sides seeking to gain advantage in the polls or over opponents?

Essay Topic 2

How does this novel reveal that truth is subjective? What events are presented to minimize their effect or to maximize their advantage? Compare and contrast the methods used to spread information to methods used by any or all of large corporations today. What events in our history could compare to the way information was managed in this novel? In which ways are they similar or different?

Essay Topic 3

Carson's assistant Susana de Vaca has a way of getting under his skin. How does she do that? Why does she persist in that behavior when she knows that it makes him angry? Despite his anger, how does the teasing by de Vaca tie into their survival later in the desert? Without this knowledge, Carson and de Vaca would likely not have survived their ordeal. Who do they owe their survival to and in how many instances was information from this person a direct benefit to them in their desert struggle?

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