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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 these are the last few moments he will live
(b) that he is young and has a long life ahead of him
(c) that he's been wasting it
(d) that he is soon to start college

2. When Dr. Stone hears of Merrick's theory what does he do?
(a) he laughs at them
(b) he thinks Merrick should be fired from his position
(c) acts as an advocate for research into this possibility
(d) he thinks there's nothing that can be done about it

3. What is the population of Piedmont, Arizona?
(a) 2033
(b) 48
(c) 100
(d) 15

4. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?
(a) that the camera picked up the flares on the ground
(b) human bodies, dead or alive
(c) solar flares occuring
(d) that water fell on the film

5. What is Dr. Stone doing when the military shows up at his door?
(a) saying good-bye to dinner guests
(b) reading the newspaper
(c) he's not there, he's at work
(d) sleeping

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers give Stone when they get in the car?

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

3. In what configuration is the Wildfire lab built?

4. What spurred significant advances in biological science?

5. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 Major Arthur Manchek.

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

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

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

8. On level 1 what does Stone tell the men when he briefs them about the Wildfire lab?

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

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

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