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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Lieutenant Shawn's life?
(a) that he is young and has a long life ahead of him
(b) that these are the last few moments he will live
(c) that he is soon to start college
(d) that he's been wasting it

2. What is Lt. Shawn looking at with a pair of binoculars at the start of the book?
(a) two purple vans with peace symbols
(b) the town of Piedmont, Arizona
(c) a couple of bears
(d) his brother's backyard

3. What is Dr. Burton's specialty ?
(a) he experiments with human DNA
(b) he's an expert on zero gravity effect on growth of plants
(c) he studies the effects of sunlight on viruses
(d) studying the effects of bacteria on human tissues

4. When Dr. Stone hears of Merrick's theory what does he do?
(a) acts as an advocate for research into this possibility
(b) he thinks Merrick should be fired from his position
(c) he thinks there's nothing that can be done about it
(d) he laughs at them

5. What briefing does Manchek think about when reviewing what Jagger has told him?
(a) about what to do in a state of emergency
(b) about the briefing on how to call the President
(c) the briefing about space travel
(d) the briefing he received on Project Wildfire

Short Answer Questions

1. When the communication specialist checks the equipment, what does he find?

2. What is Project Wildfire?

3. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?

4. What is Manchek asked to do when he calls to alert Wildfire?

5. What does Project Wildfire do?

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