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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the first two scientific crises in history?
(a) a viable solar energy system and splitting the atom
(b) the flu epidemic of 1918 and electrical power generation
(c) the atomic energy and space capability crises
(d) finding a vaccine for small pox and the Andromeda Strain

2. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?
(a) that the Scoop satellite in Piedmont is the first one sent up
(b) that NASA doesn't know about it
(c) that a civilian billionaire is paying for it
(d) it was designed to obtain samples of alien bacterial life in space

3. In Delta sector on Level I, a man sits before a giant communications console. What is his job?
(a) to take messages from the men's families
(b) to hit the emergency button if a virus gets out
(c) to monitor all incoming communications and inform the Wildfire team of any important developments
(d) to make sure no unauthorized person enters

4. Why do the two men have radio-directional equipment on the van?
(a) to be able to track aircraft
(b) to find the town of Piedmont
(c) to find a good radio station
(d) to triangulate the position of the Scoop satellite

5. Who is in the van with Lt. Shawn?
(a) his dog, a german shepard
(b) no one, he's alone
(c) his brother and nephew
(d) Private Lewis Crane

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?

2. What is Burton and Stone's working hypothesis about the killer in Piedmont?

3. What spurred significant advances in biological science?

4. What do they see in the sky over Piedmont?

5. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?

(see the answer key)

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