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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jackson do for his ulcer?
(a) he eats a gallon of vanilla ice cream every day
(b) he doesn't do anything
(c) he drinks maalox
(d) he takes nearly a bottle of aspirin a day and sips from a can of Sterno

2. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?
(a) they are both hungry all the time
(b) their rapid breathing
(c) they have small bodies
(d) they both have big mouths

3. What do they find out about the green substance and amino acids?
(a) it makes its own amino acids
(b) it makes amino acids out of the air
(c) it shrinks in the presence of amino acids
(d) it has no amino acids

4. What the main hypothesis the men have about why Scoop fell out of orbit?
(a) the satellite hit something in its path
(b) the Russians shot it down
(c) it was at the end of its allocated usefulness
(d) its batteries ran out

5. Why does Stone feel they have plenty of time to solve the mystery of the satellite's contamination?
(a) nothing bad has happened so far
(b) it's only been a couple days
(c) the President said to take their time
(d) with Piedmont nuked there is no danger to the outside

6. While running to the autopsy room, Hall notices that Leavitt appears to be in a trance. Why does he appear that way?
(a) he didn't get enough sleep the night before
(b) he's barely walking and keeps bumping into the walls
(c) he likes to stop and think during an emergency
(d) he's immobile looking at the flashing emergency lights

7. What is the men's theory about Andromeda and blood vessels?
(a) Andromeda attacks the blood vessel walls directly
(b) Andromeda doesn't live well in blood vessels
(c) Andromeda burrows in the blood vessels
(d) Andromeda strengthens blood vessels

8. How often do the doctors get together to discuss results?
(a) every twelve hours
(b) once every four hours
(c) they never get together, each man is responsible for his own area
(d) every day

9. Burton's tests reveal that clotting begins in the lungs then progresses to the brain. What does that mean to him?
(a) that the disease does't clog the arteries
(b) that eveyone suffucated before they died
(c) that the brain is not that vulnerable to the disease
(d) the disease must be inhaled

10. What have these home remedies done to Jackson?
(a) made him a drug addict
(b) has aged him before his time
(c) created acidosis, or excess acidity in the body
(d) made him insane

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

12. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?
(a) that the plaque has spread to Texas
(b) the notification about the President's decision to delay directive 7-12
(c) that another sattellite has come down to earth
(d) that Dr. Leavitt's wife is in the hospital

13. What happens as the men stare at the green substance attached to the meteor?
(a) it grows smaller
(b) it turns purple and grows right before their eyes
(c) it starts to hum
(d) it begins to emit light in a pattern

14. What does Stone see when he turns on the scope?
(a) a perfect six-sided hexagon, interlocked with other equally perfect hexagons on each side
(b) a long, stringy virus
(c) a molecue in the shape of a triangle
(d) a densely packed blob with no real edges

15. What will Hall wear to examine the two survivors of Piedmont?
(a) an astronaut's suit
(b) latex gloves and surgical mask
(c) his level 5 coveralls
(d) a full body glove

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the men feel about finding a solution to Andromeda?

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

3. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?

4. What does Hall think about Burton's fear?

5. How many ligamine darts hits Hall before he gets to level 4?

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