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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Merrick theorize?
(a) that alien species would contact earth
(b) the first alien species encountered by man would be a bacterium
(c) that alien species could not exist
(d) that alien species would be hostile

2. How does Manchek contact Wildfire?
(a) he has to call his superior officer
(b) he has to call the White House
(c) his contact is in the next building on the base
(d) he has been given a business card with a contact number

3. What does Hall believe about the possibility of a real Wildfire crisis?
(a) he doesn't think the US is capable of space travel
(b) he can't think of any reason he would be helpful in that type of work
(c) he doesn't believe any bacteria could survive space
(d) he believes the project is theoretical and never expects to be called

4. After going to code red, what does Manchek do?
(a) calls out the National Guard
(b) takes a helicopter to Piedmont
(c) hesitates before making his next move
(d) calls the President of the United States

5. What does Mark Hall learn about the Wildfire lab as he's reading the last of the file?
(a) the facility is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device
(b) that it was made to look like a little town
(c) that it has fifteen rooms on each floor
(d) that it's located in a mountain near Denver

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?

3. What do they see in the sky over Piedmont?

4. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?

5. What does Dr. Hall think about the Wildfire project?

(see the answer key)

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