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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author finally conclude in this book about science and humanity?
(a) that science has all the answers
(b) that the world was better before modern science
(c) that humans are just tools of science
(d) the human spirit will not be denied

2. Towards the end of the book what do they notice about the Andromeda strain?
(a) Andromeda strain has continued to mutate
(b) it has turned from green to red
(c) it has changed in shape from a hexagon to a pentagon
(d) it is forming into a large, sentient being

3. In communications, why does Captain Morris check for computer malfunctions?
(a) it's time for him to go off shift
(b) he's just doing his job
(c) he's suspicious, because the bell has not rung for some time to signal an incoming communication
(d) he thought he heard the bell ring

4. What does their nighttime surveillance reveal?
(a) all the houses are lit up
(b) a pack of dogs are barking at a door
(c) no activity in the town
(d) a big town party in the center of town

5. What does Dr. Stone tell his wife as he leaves?
(a) that it's an emergency epidemic and to pack her bag
(b) that there must be some mistake, he'll go clear it up
(c) that he'd see her tomorrow
(d) that he will be gone for an indefinite number of weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wakes Mark Hall up his first morning at the Wildfire lab?

2. What seems to produce the best growth in Andromeda?

3. What can the readers find in the Bibliography that lends yet more authenticity to the story?

4. How does Manchek contact Wildfire?

5. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?

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