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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 is the protocol following exposure?

2. What is the name of Nye's horse?

3. Who was Levine's father?

4. Who gets their suit torn in the zoo by a chimpanzee?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Dr. Levine's surprise guests have a serious message. Who are they and what is their message?

2. Why does Levine so adamantly refuse to renew the patent he and Brent co-author?

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

4. Who takes Guy on his orientation of the Mount Dragon facility and what area is avoided?

5. How does Brent feel about Rodney?

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

7. What is Singer's response to the formal complaint filed by Rosalind against Guy?

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

9. How does Levine convince Mime to help him break into GeneDyne's computer system?

10. What does Susana discover about the Fever Tank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Dr. Levine reveal to his audience after finishing a lecture at Harvard? Why is the issue so controversial? What was the basis for the accident in Novo-Druzhina and why was it so frightening? What is so explosive about the satellite footage that the Soviet's would rather it not be divulged? Why has nothing been done to correct the issue to date? How does that impact Levine's attitude towards gene testing?

Essay Topic 2

What is the long term impact of gene technology? What are the pros and cons of this technology? Why are the two sides so firmly divided on this issue? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Do the benefits outweigh the underlying that such technology will forever alter human beings? What are the moral ramifications of genetic therapy? Should genetic enhancement be permitted? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does Carson manage to elude Nye when they are in the desert? What skills does Carson rely on that were passed down to him, and to whom does he owe his survival to? What actions are directly related to conversations with family in the past? How many times does Carson manage to elude, distract or slow down Nye in his attempt to catch and kill Carson and de Vaca and what methods does he employ to do so? What chances of survival would they have had without his familial knowledge?

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