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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 is Mr. Bellarmino's first name?

2. What is Tom's mother's name?

3. Who is Brad the nephew of?

4. A few days later, Roberts gets a call from Emily Weller letting him know she cannot have her husband cremated because the funeral parlor found __________ in his arms and legs.

5. What is Marty Roberts' occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Frank Burnet suing the Regents of the University of California?

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

3. Do you agree or disagree with Frank's doctor taking his tissue and why?

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

5. 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?

6. Explain why Mr. Weller's body can't be properly cremated and what that means for Marty Roberts.

7. Describe Brad's attitude and activities in this section. What do they say about his moral character?

8. The book focuses on bio research, as is made clear in the prologue. What are some of the potential benefits of bio research?

9. Do you agree with the hospital's reaction of destroying the remaining tissues in the Weller case when Emily Weller requests her own investigation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marty Roberts begins to feel pressure when Mrs. Weller threatens to sue and he is later surprised to see that some of Mr. Weller's bones are missing and then that some are replaced with metal tubes. When he later finds that the lab results were skewed and Mr. Weller may have been poisoned, he is enraged because all of the hospital problems are falling on his head.

Part 1: Do you feel that all hospitals are corrupt in some way or mix up test results, either accidentally or on purpose. For what reasons?

Part 2: If you were in Marty Roberts' place, how would you have handled all of the above mentioned problems at the hospital?

Essay Topic 2

One of the big conflicts in the book is whether or not Frank has ownership of his own cells.

Part 1: Who do you feel owns the cells harvested from Frank's body and why?

Part 2: Would your opinion be different if Frank had known his cells were being harvested ahead of time? Why or why not?

Part 3: Even if Frank does not own his own cells, do you feel that his daughter, Alex and her son, Jamie are in possession of stolen cells, since they share DNA with Frank? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters evolve throughout the story. Choose any one of the following characters and discuss the major events and changes they went through, as the story progressed.

Robert Bellarmino

Brad

Marty Roberts

Josh

Alex

Vasco

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