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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. On Jagger's film, one of the white images is in motion. What does that mean?
(a) the camera moved when it shot the picture
(b) there is a survivor
(c) there is a very large buzzard flying at almost ground level
(d) the pilot went too fast when he shot the film

2. What were the first two scientific crises in history?
(a) the atomic energy and space capability crises
(b) finding a vaccine for small pox and the Andromeda Strain
(c) the flu epidemic of 1918 and electrical power generation
(d) a viable solar energy system and splitting the atom

3. When over the town, Stone and Burton see buzzards eating the bodies. What do they do?
(a) they don't do anything
(b) fly by low to scare the buzzards away
(c) they drop a net to capture one of the birds
(d) drop gas canisters to kill the birds

4. What's the last thing Lt. Comcoe hears from the radio?
(a) someone pounding on Lt. Shawn's van door
(b) the man in the white robe talking to Shawn
(c) Crane calling out in a high-pitched scream
(d) two dogs barking and growling at each other

5. What does Jagger conclude about the white spots, based on the temperature?
(a) it's very hot in Piedmont right now
(b) Crane and Shawn might still be alive
(c) it's quite cold in Piedmont right now
(d) forty-seven of the bodies are definitely dead

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the information needed to contact Wildfire read?

3. What did English biophysicist, J.J. Merrick, discuss at a biological symposium?

4. What does the narrator say about Lieutenant Shawn's life?

5. What does Private Crane do for Lt. Shawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Write about the first pages of the book and what the author does to grab the reader's attention.

2. Describe what happens at Dr. Stone's house when he's called for Wildfire.

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

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

5. How is Wildfire put into action by Manchek's phone call?

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

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

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

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

10. Write a description of Piedmont from Lieutenant Shawn's perspective looking from above.

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