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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Now that Jackson is awake, what does he tell Hall about the baby?
(a) that he was sick last week
(b) that he was two months early
(c) baby Jamie cries constantly
(d) that he was a twin, but the other one died

2. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?
(a) it uses magnetic fields rather than light rays to view and enlarge objects
(b) it uses electric current across the lens
(c) it uses lasers to shine on the subject
(d) it has a bigger lens

3. What does Stone do when they find the message?
(a) asks the others what they should do
(b) calls the president's advisor to try to talk him into initiating directive 7-12 immediately
(c) rips it up and throws it in the trash
(d) shruggs his shoulders and quotes politics

4. On what former scientific belief did Leavitt base his rule of 48?
(a) science's once irrevocable conclusion that the human body contains forty-eight chromosomes
(b) the earth revolves around the sun
(c) it is impossible to put any object into outer space
(d) the earth is flat

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

6. There is a lab rat in the room with Dr. Burton, what do Stone and Hall notice about it?
(a) it has blood running from its nose
(b) it's dead
(c) it's white instead of black
(d) it's still alive

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

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

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

10. What is Leavitt's rule of "48"?
(a) all scientists are blind
(b) there's 48 ways to do anything
(c) there's 48 types of mistakes in any problem
(d) all scientists are obsessed with their work

11. Why are black Norway rats used in labs?
(a) all black Norway rats are physically alike
(b) because they're very calm rats
(c) because black hides dirt and blood
(d) because they're the cheapest ones available

12. What is the The Messenger Theory?
(a) that Morse code is effective
(b) that molecues talk to each other through light
(c) that atoms communicate with other atoms to bind together
(d) tiny organisms that grow into a complete life form capable of communicating

13. What seems to produce the best growth in Andromeda?
(a) saline solution
(b) any type of energy causes it to grow well
(c) chocolate ice cream
(d) pure oxygen

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

15. What happens when Hall runs to the door?
(a) he slips, falls and breaks his ankle
(b) it's too late; he is sealed in, away from the substations
(c) he gets out and runs to the substation down the hall
(d) he gets his arm caught in the sliding door

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the team decide Hall has to find out?

2. Stone yells at Hall when the self-destruct is announced. What does he tell him?

3. What is the men's theory about Andromeda and blood vessels?

4. For what reason do the men decide some of the Piedmont people seemed to have committed suicide?

5. What do they put into the room with the satellite first?

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