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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 the Outsider designed to do?

2. What was the base animal in Yarbeck's studies?

3. What thought repelled the two agents playing cards?

4. What was the signal from Einstein for yes?

5. What was the year that "Tribute to a Dog" was written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Nora and how does Travis feel?

2. How did Travis feel with Nora gone?

3. Why can't Walt go public with the information Lem is giving him?

4. What did Vince do that he didn't think would have been acceptable by Don Tetragna, and what did he do to prepare himself for this outcome?

5. What is the difference in the way Walt perceives the thoughts of the Dog and the Outsider?

6. Why would the government want a dog with human intelligence?

7. What did Travis carry with him on his walks and what did he intend to say about it?

8. What does Vince want with Don Tetragna?

9. What is Nora's position on Einstein leaving?

10. What are the effects of second stage distemper and why does Travis fear it so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Lem finally tell Walt what was going on at the NSA? What had prevented him from telling Walt before? Why did the incidents at Bordeaux Ridge break him of his oath of silence?

Essay Topic 2

How does Koontz let the reader know what Einstein wants of Travis before Travis? In what ways does this convince the reader of the intelligence of the dog? How does this affect the progression of the readers opinion of Einstein?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how beauty, intelligence, and disfigurement are compared and contrasted against each other in this story. Does this aptly portray societal values? How so or why not?

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