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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Victor's attitude to VJ?
(a) Victor accepts VJ's strange personality and encourages him to do what he wants.
(b) Victor is ashamed of VJ and wants to pretend that nothing is wrong.
(c) Victor is concerned that VJ isn't normal and wants him to get professional help.
(d) Victor is upset that VJ isn't using his advanced intelligence and wants him to do more.

2. What is Victor's reaction to Mark Murray's condition?
(a) Victor is unconcerned.
(b) Victor is irritated.
(c) Victor is very upset.
(d) Victor is relieved.

3. Where do Victor and Marsha take VJ for his medical tests?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A private facility in another state.
(c) A government facility.
(d) The lab.

4. What does Victor discover about Maurice and Mark's deaths?
(a) The NGF gene was turned on in both boys.
(b) The NGF gene, though dormant, had unforseen side effects.
(c) The NGF gene reacted negatively with chemicals in the boys' brains.
(d) The NGF gene was removed from both boys.

5. Where did Victor isolate NGF from?
(a) A type of tree fungus.
(b) A type of mold spore.
(c) A type of sea slug.
(d) A type of frog-like amphibian.

6. What does VJ hide when he hears his parents coming to his room?
(a) A book.
(b) His piggy bank.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A stamp collection.

7. How long did the unusual prenatal treatment Victor demanded last?
(a) Seven weeks.
(b) Five weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One week.

8. At the beginning of the novel, how long ago did David die?
(a) 9 years ago.
(b) 3 years ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

9. What does Victor find has been stolen at the laboratory?
(a) His NGF files and embryos.
(b) Samples of cephaloclor.
(c) Equipment for genetic testing.
(d) A hard drive containing his computer backup.

10. Who does Victor ask to come home with him to help protect VJ?
(a) Muray.
(b) Blakemore.
(c) Hobbs.
(d) Philip.

11. Who does Maurice play against at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

12. What symptom does Mark first complain to his parents about?
(a) A headache.
(b) Dizziness.
(c) Numbness.
(d) Tightness in the chest.

13. Why did Victor use two of the embryos on his employees' wives?
(a) To perform experiments on the children when they get older.
(b) To correct problems he's found with VJ.
(c) To give them exceptional children.
(d) To test his results with VJ.

14. What does VJ say he will do to the person who broke his window?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Destroy him.
(c) Hit him.
(d) Arrest him.

15. What does Victor conclude about the missing files?
(a) The computer system had a glitch that deleted them.
(b) Someone stole another employee's identity to delete them.
(c) Someone modified the records of their deletion.
(d) He deleted them on accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marsha's field of specialization?

2. How old is VJ at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. How does Victor seem during the delivery of the baby?

4. Where does VJ spend a lot of time?

5. Where did the compound once get its power?

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