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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Stone heads to Piedmont with another scientist. Who is he?
(a) Dr. Byon Shelby
(b) Dr. Steven Levine
(c) Dr. Kathleen Coller
(d) Dr. Charles Burton, professor at Baylor Medical School

2. If one cell of E. coli could produce a supercolony equal in size and weight to the planet, why doesn't that happen?
(a) food and oxygen run out
(b) nature made it so it stops at a certain size
(c) it's too fragile
(d) there's too many antibiotics in the world

3. What effects is the Andromeda strain having on people by the end of the book?
(a) makes them loving and kind
(b) makes them break out in a rash
(c) makes them insane
(d) absolutely no effect on anyone

4. What does Stone say about the air supply on level four during a self-destruct sequence?
(a) it gets evacuated when the countdown reaches thirty seconds
(b) it is cooled down to 32 degrees F.
(c) the computer pumps in pure oxygen
(d) they flood the halls with nitrogen

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While dealing with Burton, Hall and Stone hear another emergency announcement by the computer. It is:

2. The scientists involved in supposedly saving humanity from the Andromeda strain seem more interested in what?

3. What does Hall and Stone figure out when they hear the announcement about the gaskets?

4. What does Hall race back to the autopsy room to stop?

5. What does the answering service supervisor tell Hall when he keeps pushing the red button by his bed?

(see the answer key)

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