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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. How many primary molecules are harvested during the manufacturing process?

2. Who does Jack see kissing on the security tape?

3. What is the liquid nitrogen in the main fabrication building used for?

4. Which character is the first to die to the swarm?

5. Whose body goes missing shortly after they are killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the isotopes that the team retrieves a potent weapon against the swarms?

2. How does Jack react when he realizes that Xymos is using bacteria to create molecules?

3. Where do Jack, Mae, and Bobby find Rosie's body when they go back outside on Day 6?

4. How is the manufactured swarm able to fly?

5. Who does Jack see the swarm mimic when he is inside their nest?

6. Why is the swarm self-sustaining?

7. Why is the team safest in the desert when the wind speed is high?

8. Why does the team in the desert take refuge in the storage unit?

9. Why does Jack decide to go back out into the desert once the sun goes down on Day 6?

10. What does the swarm look like when Jack first sees it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the characters in Prey are overly concerned with accumulating wealth and success. Eventually these obsessions lead to their downfall. Write an essay explaining how wealth and success play into the lives of Jack, Julia, Ellen, Ricky, and others. Which characters strive the most to be wealthy and successful? Why? Which characters obsess to the point at which these elements become their downfall? Why? What happens to them? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Technology is the most dominant element in Prey. Write an essay exploring the ideas of technology and technological advances. How is technology important to the story? How do technological advances both hinder and help the protagonists? What lesson is to be learned from the story when it comes to technology and using it wisely? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how Ricky's personality changes throughout the story. What types of things does he joke about when Jack catches him in the supermarket? How is Ricky's behavior much different after Jack reaches the facility? How does he treat Jack when they are working together? What types of suspicious things does he do that eventually leads Jack to suspect him? Provide specific examples from the text to support your position.

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