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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ninth Week: The Organization Man; Tenth Week: Journey's End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of information does the mail carrier bring Senator Jellison?
(a) That the power plant is online already.
(b) That the President is alive and working on relief for the hardest hit areas.
(c) All about what's going on in the area around the ranch.
(d) That Los Angeles is hardly touched.

2. Who wants help to retaliate upon China?
(a) The USSR.
(b) Iran.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) India.

3. Who is the "Brown" in the name of the comet?
(a) It is Tim's wife's name.
(b) It is Tim's boss's name.
(c) It is the name of the lab where Tim works.
(d) It is the name of a young man who discovers the comet about the same time as Tim Hamner.

4. What does Harry Newcombe have once a week?
(a) A day at a health spa.
(b) Trash day.
(c) A drink in honor of his deceased wife.
(d) A day hiking in the hills near his home.

5. Where are Harvey and Mark at the opening of this chapter?
(a) Working on security of the ranch lands.
(b) Rigging a windmill for power.
(c) Driving around the area to check on possible supplies.
(d) Out searching for Gordie and the Boy Scouts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sergeant Hooker holding captive?

2. What does Barry Price do?

3. What is one problem the nuclear plant is facing?

4. Who is Deke expecting to attack his farm?

5. For whom are they sending helicopters?

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