Characters from The Andromeda Strain

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Dr. Mark Hall - This character is the only practicing surgeon among them. He risks his own life to stop the self-destruction sequence from completing its deadly mission.

Dr. Jeremy Stone - This character is the leader of Project Wildfire. Imperious and conceited, he is nonetheless brilliant, and a man of conscience. He has a tendency to treat his Wildfire colleagues as his intellectual inferiors.

Dr. Peter Leavitt - This character is Chief of Bacteriology at the same hospital where Dr. Mark Hall practices, although he considers hospital work to be dull...
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