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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Wildfire team believe about the origin of the Scoop contamination?
(a) that the contamination happened before the satellite left earth
(b) there is no contamination; nothing can live in space
(c) they come to believe it is an alien life form
(d) the contamination has earth germs that mutated

2. What does Stone ask Manchek to call for to take care of the danger at Piedmont?
(a) a thousand ultraviolet lights
(b) the National Guard
(c) a limited thermo-nuclear strike to sanitize the area
(d) a load of pesticides to spray on Piedmont

3. What the main hypothesis the men have about why Scoop fell out of orbit?
(a) the satellite hit something in its path
(b) its batteries ran out
(c) the Russians shot it down
(d) it was at the end of its allocated usefulness

4. How will the scientist work on the satellite?
(a) with binoculars
(b) with latex gloves on their hands
(c) behind an ultraviolet barrier
(d) metallic hands inside the sealed room

5. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?
(a) the notification about the President's decision to delay directive 7-12
(b) that Dr. Leavitt's wife is in the hospital
(c) that the plaque has spread to Texas
(d) that another sattellite has come down to earth

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton's tests reveal that clotting begins in the lungs then progresses to the brain. What does that mean to him?

2. What does Dr. Hall notice about Dr. Leavitt as they get in the sedan that was sent for them?

3. How does Stone feel about Hall's appointment?

4. What is Dr. Stone doing when the military shows up at his door?

5. What's the first test Burton does on the two dead lab animals?

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