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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rolihlahla?
(a) The father of democracy in South Africa.
(b) The spokesperson for the United Nations.
(c) A war veteran and friend of Paul Redeker.
(d) A great supporter of Paul Redeker's work.

2. What haunts Gavin Blaire most about seeing the people panicked on the highway?
(a) That they had no destination.
(b) The sound of the people's screaming.
(c) The sight of the people fleeing in terror.
(d) That they thought the outbreak was under control.

3. When the narrator interviews Paul Redeker, what number novel is he writing?
(a) His fifth.
(b) His third.
(c) His first.
(d) His second.

4. How did the infection spread to Europe?
(a) Infected food was delivered to London by train.
(b) An infected couple traveled by air to Paris.
(c) No one knows how the infection spread to Europe.
(d) Infected rats traveled to Europe on supply ships.

5. To where did Breckinridge Scott escape to live in solitude?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Antarctica.

6. According to Ahmed Farahnakian, who spoiled Iran's recovery plan?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Iraq.

7. Why did the U.S. CIA miss the disease in China?
(a) The FBI learned of the disease but didn't share the information with the CIA.
(b) The CIA decided to focus their attention on Russia rather than China.
(c) They believed the events occurring were part of an internal political strife.
(d) The information they received about the disease was from an unreliable source.

8. Where did the narrator interview Xolelwa Azania?
(a) A prison.
(b) A secret bunker in Antarctica.
(c) A psychiatric hospital.
(d) A U.S. Embassy building in Russia.

9. Why did Breckinridge Scott develop a vaccine?
(a) To cure people.
(b) To make money.
(c) To show his patriotism.
(d) To continue research already in progress.

10. How did the Redeker Plan begin?
(a) The consolidation of all government officials to a safe zone.
(b) The consolidation of military forces to a safe zone.
(c) The consolidation of rich civilians to a safe zone.
(d) The consolidation of all doctors to a safe zone.

11. What plan did Paul Redeker rewrite for the apartheid government?
(a) Red Plan.
(b) Orange Plan.
(c) Black Plan.
(d) White Plan.

12. According to Grover Carlson, why was Breckinridge Scott's vaccine pushed through the FDA?
(a) To contain the illness.
(b) To kill the infected.
(c) To cure the people.
(d) To calm the people.

13. What is the only way to kill the infected?
(a) Stabbing their hearts with a wooden stake.
(b) Poisoning them.
(c) Shooting them with a silver bullet.
(d) Destroying their heads.

14. According to Todd Wainio, where were the soldiers placed?
(a) High and under cover.
(b) In skyscrapers.
(c) On the ground in foxholes.
(d) In an open field.

15. Why does Philip Adler finally agree to follow the order he initially refuses?
(a) To protect his men from charges of treason.
(b) The order is changed so that some of the civilians are not left behind.
(c) To protect himself from charges of treason.
(d) Because he realizes it's the only way to survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Breckinridge Scott's vaccine claim to cure?

2. According to Maria Zhuganova, who shoots a little girl between the eyes?

3. Why does Ajay Shah say some people were refused passage on boats in India?

4. What is World War Z?

5. What is the term given to the twelve-year-old boy believed to be the first human infected?

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