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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Burton gives some live rats anti-coagulant to prevent blood clotting then exposes them?
(a) they lay down and go to sleep
(b) they don't die when exposed to the disease
(c) the rats live longer, but still succumb to the disease
(d) they bleed out of their noses

2. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?
(a) advisor to the president on the Scoop project
(b) Chief Duty Officer and man in charge of all Scoop Project activities
(c) the air force officer who flew a jet over Piedmont
(d) the man who came up with the Wildfire idea

3. Why isn't normal food available at the lab?
(a) there's too many people to figure out what to cook
(b) it might provide a growth medium for bacteria
(c) it cost more than the nutrient drink
(d) cooks aren't allowed on level 4 or 5

4. When they arrive at Piedmont, what do Burton and Stone do first?
(a) find the satellite and put it in a container
(b) drag the dead bodies to a central location
(c) call in the National Guard
(d) go to the recon van and honk the horn over and over

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) the briefing about space travel
(c) the briefing he received on Project Wildfire
(d) about the briefing on how to call the President

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way to Wildfire, what does Dr. Leavitt tell Dr. Hall to do?

2. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?

3. What does Manchek do after he finishes the call with Jagger?

4. What's the first test Burton does on the two dead lab animals?

5. What is Burton and Stone's working hypothesis about the killer in Piedmont?

(see the answer key)

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