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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leavitt feel about Wildfire?
(a) he's indifferent
(b) he misses his wife and wishes he hadn't been called
(c) he is fascinated with Wildfire and excited to be working on it
(d) he's skeptical that it is necessary

2. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?
(a) all national crises were political in nature
(b) all national crises were economical in nature
(c) all national crises were medical in nature
(d) all national crises were educational in nature

3. What happens as the men stare at the green substance attached to the meteor?
(a) it begins to emit light in a pattern
(b) it starts to hum
(c) it grows smaller
(d) it turns purple and grows right before their eyes

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lt. Comroe at mission control do when told about the bodies?

2. What will Hall wear to examine the two survivors of Piedmont?

3. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?

4. What does Project Wildfire do?

5. What happens when Burton gives some live rats anti-coagulant to prevent blood clotting then exposes them?

(see the answer key)

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