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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't the government tell Stone about Scoop?
(a) it has brought back other samples of alien life
(b) that a friend of his died from an alien virus a different Scoop brought back
(c) it is not under the control of Congress
(d) it's an attempt to engage in germ warfare by the U.S. military

2. What does Private Crane do for Lt. Shawn?
(a) he is Lt. Shawn's electronics technician
(b) nothing, there is no Private Crane
(c) cooks his meals
(d) drives the van

3. What were the first two scientific crises in history?
(a) the atomic energy and space capability crises
(b) the flu epidemic of 1918 and electrical power generation
(c) a viable solar energy system and splitting the atom
(d) finding a vaccine for small pox and the Andromeda Strain

4. What spurred significant advances in biological science?
(a) the discovery of germs
(b) a cure for cancer
(c) the invention of antibiotics
(d) the polio vaccine

5. What is Lt. Shawn looking at with a pair of binoculars at the start of the book?
(a) a couple of bears
(b) the town of Piedmont, Arizona
(c) his brother's backyard
(d) two purple vans with peace symbols

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?

2. What do they find when they cut open a victim's wrist?

3. Why do the two men have radio-directional equipment on the van?

4. What does Jagger show Manchek on a conference call?

5. What kind of theory did noted scholar, Alfred Pockran, have about national crises?

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