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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mission Control for Project Scoop located?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Ft. Sill, Oklahoma
(c) Vandenberg Airforce Base
(d) NASA headquarters in Birmingham

2. How does Leavitt feel about Wildfire?
(a) he's indifferent
(b) he is fascinated with Wildfire and excited to be working on it
(c) he misses his wife and wishes he hadn't been called
(d) he's skeptical that it is necessary

3. Why do the two men have radio-directional equipment on the van?
(a) to triangulate the position of the Scoop satellite
(b) to find the town of Piedmont
(c) to be able to track aircraft
(d) to find a good radio station

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

5. What is Manchek asked to do when he calls to alert Wildfire?
(a) to destroy all evidence
(b) to write up a report of the incident
(c) nothing, activating Wildfire is completely automated
(d) to meet with the scientists

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stone say the government should do about the possibility of alien bacteria?

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

3. How does the President respond to Stone's request for a directive 7-12?

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

5. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Already, by chapter 4, the reader can tell this is a technical narrative. How does the author handle the technology?

2. Why does Stone believe the Wildfire lab has "the capability to deal with an unknown biologic agent."?

3. Describe the Odd Man Hypothesis. Do you think it's a good idea?

4. What are the protocols Leavitt personally put into place for Wildfire?

5. What decontamination processes do the men go through on Level 2, 3 and 4?

6. What is it about the narration, the characters and the plot thus revealed that makes you want to read further?

7. What is Jagger's job and what does he say about the reconnoiter photos and what they show.

8. Describe the chain of events, in Stone's mind that has lead up to project Wildfire.

9. Describe Dr. Burton as he rides in the helicopter with Dr. Stone going to Piedmont. Tell a little of his background in science.

10. What is Lieutenant Roger Shawn doing at the beginning of the book?

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