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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. The person looking for the patent doesn't want to be left out in the cold when Rick Diehl discovers that the maturity gene does what?
(a) Cures arthritis.
(b) Cures diabetes.
(c) Cures Alzheimer's Disease.
(d) Cures drug addiction.

2. What is Roberts' assistant's name?
(a) Rani
(b) Renee
(c) Raza
(d) Ranya

3. Where is the orangutan sanctuary?
(a) Japan.
(b) Sumatra.
(c) India.
(d) China.

4. Josh's mother's New York relative is ______________.
(a) Mrs. Levine.
(b) Mrs. Lawrence.
(c) Mrs. Livingstone
(d) Mrs. Larson.

5. The parrot repeats a discussion he heard between Bond and whom?
(a) Mrs.Bond.
(b) His lover.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Bond discovers that someone has been helping her son with ____________.

2. What is Henry's last name?

3. A focus group names a gene the ___________ gene.

4. What is Brad's last name?

5. How did the death in Tom's family supposedly occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the results of the meeting between Alex, Frank and the university lawyers. Do you agree or disagree with the lawyers and why?

2. Brad Gordon is the inept security guard at BioGen. He only has the job because his uncle is Jack Watson, an investor in the company. Do you agree with Brad being given the job at BioGen or relatives being given jobs, in general, in real life?

3. Brad Gordon is visited by a beautiful woman who reminds him how helpful his uncle has always been to him. To pay him back, the woman instructs Brad to contaminate the Burnet cell line at BioGen. Brad agrees. What further insight does that give into Brad's character?

4. Explain how the Levines are further identified, in Chapter 23 and what that could mean later, as things develop.

5. Explain how greed motivates Josh and Rick in this section with regards to the maturity gene.

6. Explain Alex Burnet's feelings about the court case against her father.

7. In previous chapters, Rick wanted custody of his children. Now, he has that custody, but with what results? What does that reveal about his character and his wife's?

8. Explain how Robert Bellarmino is introduced and what it could mean for future chapters.

9. How does BioGen try to discredit Frank?

10. Explain Henry Kendall's reaction to the news of a talking orangutan in Sumatra.

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