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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. What does the narrator say about Lieutenant Shawn's life?
(a) that he's been wasting it
(b) that he is young and has a long life ahead of him
(c) that these are the last few moments he will live
(d) that he is soon to start college

2. What briefing does Manchek think about when reviewing what Jagger has told him?
(a) about what to do in a state of emergency
(b) about the briefing on how to call the President
(c) the briefing about space travel
(d) the briefing he received on Project Wildfire

3. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?
(a) he orders a helicopter to Piedmont
(b) he orders Lt. Comcoe to send a message to Crane on a secret channel
(c) he orders a national guard unit into Piedmont
(d) he orders a Scavenger plane to make a flyby over Piedmont

4. What does Jagger show Manchek on a conference call?
(a) the infrared film images of the town
(b) a red coded phone that connects to Wildfire
(c) he doesn't show them anything, they're on a phone
(d) a paper with TOP SECRET printed on it

5. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?
(a) that NASA doesn't know about it
(b) it was designed to obtain samples of alien bacterial life in space
(c) that the Scoop satellite in Piedmont is the first one sent up
(d) that a civilian billionaire is paying for it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?

2. What is Manchek asked to do when he calls to alert Wildfire?

3. What does Lt. Comroe at mission control do when told about the bodies?

4. What is Dr. Stone doing when the military shows up at his door?

5. What is the first response to Mancheck's call to Wildfire?

Short Essay Questions

1. The author states his theme that crises are made up of human personalities. How does he introduce his characters?

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

3. In Chapter 3, the narrator discusses the nature of crisis from a historical perspective. What does he have to say about the nature of crisis?

4. Describe what the Wildfire lab looks like on first approach.

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

6. Write about the narrator. What is his purpose? How is his purpose carried out?

7. What were the two things Stone and Burton knew when they landed in Piedmont?

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

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

10. Explain why the government agreed to extend funds and build Wildfire?

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