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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack think it is safest for the group to do in the presence of the swarm?
(a) Hide under a car.
(b) Stick together.
(c) Jump in the air.
(d) Split up.

2. What is the half-life of Rhenium?
(a) Four days.
(b) Six days.
(c) One week.
(d) Three days.

3. How many volts of electricity are used to cool the doughnut-like structure Ricky shows Jack?
(a) Fifteen kilovolts.
(b) Ten kilovolts.
(c) Thirty kilovolts.
(d) Fifty kilovolts.

4. What is the half-life of Selenium?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Twelve days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Sixteen days.

5. How long does Jack take a shower for?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

6. What is the liquid nitrogen in the main fabrication building used for?
(a) Cryogenic rooms.
(b) Cooling tanks.
(c) Holding cells.
(d) Food freezers.

7. Who keeps trying to kiss Jack in order to spread the nanos?
(a) Julia.
(b) Mae.
(c) Ricky.
(d) Rosie.

8. Which objects of entertainment can be found in the lounge of the Xymos fabrication building?
(a) A foosball table and decks of cards.
(b) A pool table and a snack machine.
(c) A few magazines and a television.
(d) A pinball machine and video game console.

9. Who wanted to keep the swarm alive when it was suggested the first time that it should be destroyed?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Julia.
(c) Jack.
(d) Vince.

10. What is the diameter of the doughnut shaped structure that Ricky shows Jack?
(a) About six inches.
(b) About six feet.
(c) About two feet.
(d) About three feet.

11. Why does Jack not believe Ricky when he first tells him that Xymos has created assemblers capable of creating molecules?
(a) Because the process is unknown to all but a few.
(b) Because the process is impossible.
(c) Because the process is too daunting and impossible to be real.
(d) Because the process has not yet been researched.

12. Who does Mae and Jack see walking around in the cave?
(a) Nicole and Julia.
(b) Ricky and David.
(c) Rosie and Charley.
(d) Vince and Eric.

13. How does Charley chase off the swarm that invades his hiding place?
(a) He smashes it.
(b) He reflects light at it.
(c) He blows on it.
(d) He sprays it with isotopes.

14. Who begs Jack to save the children?
(a) Maria.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Mae.
(d) Julia.

15. Who lied about the video playback?
(a) Vince.
(b) Julia.
(c) Ricky.
(d) Mae.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Charley ever recover from his injuries?

2. Why does Jack make his children drink the virus?

3. Why does Jack refuse to call the Army or the Pentagon about the runaway swarms?

4. Who does the swarm take shape to mimic on the evening of Day 6?

5. Which character is the second to die to the swarm?

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