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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 millimeters does Drake say the ocean has risen?

2. Who shows up to rescue them?

3. What do the Pidgin speaking people call the strangers?

4. How is social control best managed?

5. What did Drake fail to comment on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Ted Bradley turned on by Jennifer Haynes?

2. In what ways did people regulate the so called "untouched wilderness" that Columbus had seen?

3. Why did the investigators turn to computer simulations regarding the crash of Morton's car?

4. How did Evans determine where the thing that the detective wanted to give him was located?

5. Why does Kenner believe that there must be a way out?

6. What are burns?

7. Why does Drake hate the cause he fights for?

8. Why would the military fund weather research?

9. What two things did Henry do that were wrong?

10. What is the purpose of Hoffman's research?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What issues do you think are most pressing for the world to face today? Explain. What is the outcome if these issues aren't attended to? Are there any organizations dedicated to these causes at present? Who? Explain why you chose this particular cause.

Essay Topic 2

How has university, or the intellectual world, been changed by industry? In what ways are scientific findings no longer unbiased? How have the scientists themselves changed?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast this and any other novel of your choice. What are the similarities between the two novels? What are the differences? Which did you like more, and why? Which was more engaging? More believable? Why?

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