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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. 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's barely walking and keeps bumping into the walls
(d) he didn't get enough sleep the night before

2. Jackson tells Hall he has a medical problem. What is it?
(a) he has thin blood
(b) he says he has an old war wound
(c) he says he just getting old
(d) he has an ulcer, which he has had for two years

3. How often do the doctors get together to discuss results?
(a) they never get together, each man is responsible for his own area
(b) once every four hours
(c) every twelve hours
(d) every day

4. What is the men's theory about Andromeda and blood vessels?
(a) Andromeda strengthens blood vessels
(b) Andromeda burrows in the blood vessels
(c) Andromeda doesn't live well in blood vessels
(d) Andromeda attacks the blood vessel walls directly

5. What does the spectrometer show about the composition of the Andromeda strain?
(a) it is not alive
(b) it's radioactive
(c) it resembles earthly organic life
(d) it has carbon and silicon in it

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leavitt's rule of "48"?

2. What does the Wildfire team believe about the origin of the Scoop contamination?

3. Now that Jackson is awake, what does he tell Hall about the baby?

4. What does the Wildfire group eat for breakfast?

5. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the conference room in Chapter 12, Dr. Stone talks about a man named Rudolph Karp. Who is Karp? Why does Stone discuss him?

2. How did Andromeda infect the town of Piedmont?

3. What do you think Montaigne meant by the quote "Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves." in relationship to the behavior of the men at Wildfire?

4. How did the Scoop satellite end up on earth? What do the scientist think?

5. What does Hall realize about Andromeda when thinking about Jackson's acidosis?

6. Write about the men of Wildfire and their motivations for finding the cure for Wildfire.

7. Describe the study Leavitt uses as the basis for his rule of 48.

8. After knowing about the baby's blood pH and Jackson's blood pH, what does Hall figure out?

9. Why is uncontrolled bacterial growth is a frightening concept?

10. When he knows about Andromeda's weakness what action does Hall take with Dr. Burton in the biopsy lab?

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