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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?

2. What does Hall think about Burton's fear?

3. If one cell of E. coli could produce a supercolony equal in size and weight to the planet, why doesn't that happen?

4. Stone yells at Hall when the self-destruct is announced. What does he tell him?

5. Why is the center core protected?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the crash scene of the military jet to which Major Manchek travels . What does it look like? What does he find?

3. Why is Mark Hall's reaction to the female computer voice important?

4. Describe Dr. Hall's first meeting with Peter Jackson. What does Jackson look like? What does Hall do?

5. What did Manchek find about the wreck of the plane?

6. What do the x-ray crystallography results show about Andromeda?

7. How does Hall finally find out about Leavitt's epilepsy and what does he do about it?

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

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

10. How did Andromeda infect the town of Piedmont?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When considering all the technology in this book, do you believe humans are ready to have such technology? Do you think humans are civilized enough to go into space? Why do you think we have not flown people to another planet yet?

Essay Topic 2

Pretend that the Andromeda Strain was engineered by aliens and sent to earth. Why do you think aliens would do that?

Essay Topic 3

Leavitt discusses a machine invented to provide computerized physical exams. The machine is designed to replace doctors. How would you feel if such a machine existed? Describe a scene where you are being examined by a machine. How do you feel? How do you relate to the machine? Do you miss a flesh and blood physician? Would you trust a machine as your doctor? Why or why not?

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