View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nicole cry at the end of Day 4?

2. Where did Jack work after graduating from college?

3. What letters does Jack look up on the internet?

4. How difficult is molecule manufacturing?

5. What is Mary studying for her PhD?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Amanda looks like the day after her trip to the hospital.

2. What dream does Mary describe when she is talking on the phone with Jack?

3. What does Charley do to irritate Ricky shortly after 8 am on Day 6?

4. What advice does Ellen give Jack when he calls her on Day 5? How does he react to it?

5. What does Julia do at her job?

6. What is unusual about the condition Amanda develops on Day 2?

7. Where is Julia when Jack tries to call her at the end of Day 4?

8. What does Eric say the "vacuum men" looked like?

9. Why did Jack program PREDPREY with the predator-prey model?

10. Why does one of the PR men for Xymos get out of the helicopter? Why do the other PR men tell him not to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death occurs frequently in Prey. Write an essay exploring the reasons behind the deaths in the book. Could they have been prevented? How? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how feelings of isolation play a role in Prey. Which characters feel isolated and why? What is unusual to Jack and the other characters about the location of the Xymos facility? Is isolation a good or bad thing in most of the cases in the story? Why? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Prey acts as a warning to those who read it. Technology should be used with discretion and care. The book ends ominously- the reader does not know for sure what happens to Jack. Write an essay explaining how Prey acts as a warning to its readers. What is the most frightful about the story? Why should technology be handled carefully and thoughtfully? Could a real swarm ever possibly be created? Why or why not? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 700 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample