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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. How is the game won?

2. Where does Levine find himself when he enters Brent's office in cyberspace?

3. What is Montdragon's 'gold'?

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

5. How does Nye track Carson and de Vaca across the lava field?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Levine gain access to Brent's Boston headquarters?

2. What does Guy see that leads him to realize that there is a widespread problem with PurBlood?

3. What is the game that Brent and Charles play and how is it won?

4. What does Brent use as personal passwords and why are they so effective?

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

6. What does Carson find in Nye's saddlebags, and what mystery does this clear up?

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

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

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

10. What is the last thing Charles does as the guards arrive at the elevator and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens after the game Brent and Charles play that creates an immediate bond between them? Why is Brent fearful, and how does Charles take control of the situation? What arrangements do they make together to ensure that their accident is not one that is a worldwide catastrophe? What is their last act of philanthropy? What is Brent's last request to Charles and what does Charles have to do in order to comply?

Essay Topic 2

Brent Scopes is a genius who creates a computer program that is like nothing on earth. What is this program? Why is it so special? What sets it aside from other programs? Why is Scopes so secretive about his electronic breakthrough? What is he afraid he would lose by sharing this knowledge? Who is the only one who has been all the way inside this new system? What are his impressions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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