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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Victor follow VJ and Philip to?
(a) The daycare center.
(b) Hurst's laboratory.
(c) The clock tower.
(d) Murray's laboratory.

2. Who threatens Marsha while she's trying to track down Orlando Martinez?
(a) A Colombian drug gang.
(b) Police officers.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) An old woman.

3. Whose medical records does Marsha look up at the hospital?
(a) VJ's teacher.
(b) Maurice.
(c) David.
(d) Mark.

4. What does Victor discover about the liver cancer that has killed several people?
(a) It is a mutation of cephaloclor.
(b) It comes from a bio-engineered pathogen.
(c) It is caused by specific forms of radiation.
(d) It is a result of human testing of VJ's ideas.

5. Where does Marsha find Orlando Martinez?
(a) A warehouse.
(b) A high-rise office building.
(c) A school.
(d) A police station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does VJ do to his mother?

2. What is the state of the river while Victor is searching for VJ?

3. What day of the week does Chapter 10 take place?

4. Who does Marsha wake early in the morning at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What security measure does Victor take after he learns that Maurice and Mark were killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Victor destroys the secret lab.

2. Why does VJ let his father out of imprisonment?

3. What are Victor's feelings about Marsha's attitude toward what they discover about VJ?

4. Why did VJ want to appear to be less intelligent?

5. What is the result of Marsha's discussion with her colleagues about VJ during Chapter 9?

6. What happens to Sharon Carver at the end of Chapter 9?

7. What does Victor think about as he drives to work at the beginning of Chapter 9?

8. When Victor returns to the lab, what does he try to convince VJ to do?

9. What seems to have prompted VJ to stop going to daycare?

10. How does Victor react when he begins to wonder whether Marsha may be right?

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