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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 Nye's 'voice' do when he discovers Carson and de Vaca are gone?

2. What does Susana use to bargain for their lives?

3. What does Carson realize in Singer's office?

4. What happens to the patent for the Anasazi corn?

5. What confession does Brent make to the reporter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Susana save Carson from death and both of them from Nye?

2. What leads Levine to the conclusion that he has little left to lose?

3. What important discovery do Carson and de Vaca make when they find Dr. Burt's missing notebook?

4. How does Carson manage to get the better of Nye on several different occasions?

5. What does Charles try to convince Brent of and how does Brent respond?

6. What is Nye's relationship to the voice he hears, and how is this significant?

7. What does Scopes do when he comes to the conclusion that his security has been compromised?

8. Mime agrees to help Levine get access to GeneDyne but refuses to do so in person. Why?

9. How do Charles and Brent finally resolve things?

10. In what ways does Levine underestimate Scopes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Levine reveal information to a televised audience after he has been warned not to do so? What human quality does he rely on to help him to reveal facts to the audience? Does this absolve him of responsibility in the eyes of the law? Would this hold up in light of the pending lawsuit against him? Knowing the nature of people, could Levine be sure that his method of revelation would work?

Essay Topic 2

What position does Gil Teece hold and what event heralded his arrival at Mount Dragon? What kind of an investigation did he run? How did he use his mannerisms to elicit information and confirmation of facts? What were his misgivings and what processes occur that he objects to? Why are his misgivings a cause for concern for the staff and management?

Essay Topic 3

Charles Levine spends most of his adult life battling his best friend from college. Why? What is Brent Scopes and his company doing that Charles wants to bring out into the light of day? What is Charles afraid of? Are his fears legitimate, or is he over reacting? What stand does Brent take on the issue? What is the cost to Levine of his ongoing battle to stop Scopes?

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