PREY

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1. What is the central theme of the novel ‘Prey’? Global warming Gene patenting Nanotechnology Prey-Predator relations in the African jungle

2. What does the term ‘Prey’ refer to in the novel? It refers to the villain of the novel It refers to a new species of killer animals It is a software program It refers to the prey-predator relationship between animals

3. Which company did the central character Jack work for? Xymos Technology The Pentagon Molecular Dynamics Mediatronics

4. When Jack’s daughter Amanda gets a rash and is taken to hospital for a MRI scan, what happens? The MRI scan reveals a tumour The MRI scanner explodes The rash disappears automatically The MRI scan reveals a strange infection

5. Why does Jack go to the Nevada facility of Xymos? He is employed by Xymos on his wife Julia’s recommendation He is hired again by his previous company and sent to fix a problem He is employed by Xymos after he applies for a job He is hired by the Pentagon to investigate the facility

6. What were the creatures carrying out the attacks in the Nevada desert facility of Xymos? A swarm of nano robots A swarm of E.coli bacteria A swarm of bees A swarm of nano dinosaurs

7. Who is the first to be killed by the swarm? Charley Rosie David Jack

8. Bobby is killed when he along with Jack and Mae go to the swarm nest to destroy it. True False

9. Why does Julia try to kill Jack? She was infected by a deadly virus She wanted custody of their kids She had been taken over by aliens She was infected by the swarm

10. Who among the following survives at the end of the story? Charley Julia Mae Ricky