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The Andromeda Strain | Quiz

Michael Crichton
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The Andromeda Strain | Quiz

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1)

When over the town, Stone and Burton see buzzards eating the bodies. What do they do? (from Part 2)

they drop a net to capture one of the birds
they don't do anything
fly by low to scare the buzzards away
drop gas canisters to kill the birds
2)

According to the narrator, science has the potential to do two things. What are they? (from Part 5)

fail at finding anwers or succeed at finding answers
to empower or to enslave humanity
good things or bad things
prove or disprove an hypothesis
3)

Who wakes Mark Hall up his first morning at the Wildfire lab? (from Part 3)

a seductive, female voice
Dr. Stone calls him on the phone
a maid comes in to clean the room
an alarm clock he set the previous night
4)

What does Mark Hall learn about the Wildfire lab as he's reading the last of the file? (from Part 2)

that it's located in a mountain near Denver
that it has fifteen rooms on each floor
that it was made to look like a little town
the facility is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device
5)

What will Hall wear to examine the two survivors of Piedmont? (from Part 3)

an astronaut's suit
his level 5 coveralls
a full body glove
latex gloves and surgical mask
6)

In communications, why does Captain Morris check for computer malfunctions? (from Part 3)

he's just doing his job
he's suspicious, because the bell has not rung for some time to signal an incoming communication
he thought he heard the bell ring
it's time for him to go off shift
7)

What do people fear about modern medicine, according to this book? (from Part 5)

that medicine will become too expensive for most people
that most younger people aren't smart enough to go into medicine
that medicine will not treat the elderly or handicapped
that the human touch may be lost under the stranglehold of technology
8)

How does Crichton ratchet up the tension page by page in this book? (from Part 5)

making bad things keep happening
making a hard situation worse
by dropping ominous hints throughout the narrative
making the scientist so clumsy
9)

What does Jackson do for his ulcer? (from Part 3)

he eats a gallon of vanilla ice cream every day
he drinks maalox
he doesn't do anything
he takes nearly a bottle of aspirin a day and sips from a can of Sterno
10)

Too whom does the female voice on the intercom belong? (from Part 3)

no one, it's computer simulated
one of the secretaries from level 1
a sixty-three year old woman from Omaha, named Gladys Stevens
Dr. Stone's wife
11)

What happens as soon as more gaskets are discovered to be damaged? (from Part 4)

they focus ultrviolet lights on the doors
they decide to evacuate
they use caulk to seal off the areas
the self-destruct sequence begins
12)

Why does Stone feel they have plenty of time to solve the mystery of the satellite's contamination? (from Part 3)

with Piedmont nuked there is no danger to the outside
nothing bad has happened so far
it's only been a couple days
the President said to take their time
13)

What the main hypothesis the men have about why Scoop fell out of orbit? (from Part 3)

the Russians shot it down
the satellite hit something in its path
it was at the end of its allocated usefulness
its batteries ran out
14)

What has the mutated Andromeda strain started to do? (from Part 5)

it is now eating away at American and Russian spacecraft
it is eating through all oil reserves
it is killing off all the birds in the world
it is sending binary code signals
15)

In Delta sector on Level I, a man sits before a giant communications console. What is his job? (from Part 2)

to take messages from the men's families
to make sure no unauthorized person enters
to hit the emergency button if a virus gets out
to monitor all incoming communications and inform the Wildfire team of any important developments
16)

When Hall realizes the reason for Jackson's and the baby's survival what does he do? (from Part 4)

asks the computer to report Andromeda growth results based on pH levels
brags to his assistant, Karen
races to the autopsy lab to strut it out in front of Stone
jumps up and down pumping his fist
17)

Towards the end of the book what do they notice about the Andromeda strain? (from Part 5)

Andromeda strain has continued to mutate
it has turned from green to red
it is forming into a large, sentient being
it has changed in shape from a hexagon to a pentagon
18)

What seems to produce the best growth in Andromeda? (from Part 4)

pure oxygen
saline solution
any type of energy causes it to grow well
chocolate ice cream
19)

Who is the narrator? (from Part 5)

a government bureaucrat
ostensibly, the author himself
one of the scientists
Dr. Hall's assistant, Karen
20)

Why does Crichton make Mark Hall his protagonist, in view of the science/human debate in the book? (from Part 5)

because Hall is a surgeon
because Hall is the most human of the four team members
because Hall is single
because Hall is the youngest of the five
21)

Jackson tells Hall he has a medical problem. What is it? (from Part 3)

he has thin blood
he says he has an old war wound
he says he just getting old
he has an ulcer, which he has had for two years
22)

What does Stone do to help Burton in the autopsy room when he's been exposed to Andromeda? (from Part 4)

pumping oxygen into the room to inhibit the spread of Andromeda
coating the walls with antibiotics
nothing, he doesn't know what to do
spraying the room with bleach
23)

When a training pilot crashes after flying above the Piedmont area, what do they find at the plane? (from Part 3)

the pilot had left a note to his wife
the instrument panel was gone
all the new plastic polymer that replaced rubber in the plane has dissolved
the pilot was too young to be flying
24)

What does Hall find out about Andromeda from the Ph level report? (from Part 4)

Andromeda can grow in most pH levels
Andromeda likes all pH levels but 7.1
Andromeda grows within a narrow range of pH
Andromeda has no reaction to any pH level
25)

What does Stone ask Manchek to call for to take care of the danger at Piedmont? (from Part 2)

a limited thermo-nuclear strike to sanitize the area
a load of pesticides to spray on Piedmont
the National Guard
a thousand ultraviolet lights
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