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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Burton's tests determine about the dead bodies?
(a) the disease leaves after the body dies
(b) they are disintegrating quickly
(c) the disease stays on the dead body, still contagious
(d) they're not contagious, only the air surrounding them transmits the disease

3. Towards the end of the book what do they notice about the Andromeda strain?
(a) it has turned from green to red
(b) it is forming into a large, sentient being
(c) it has changed in shape from a hexagon to a pentagon
(d) Andromeda strain has continued to mutate

4. What do people fear about modern medicine, according to this book?
(a) that medicine will become too expensive for most people
(b) that medicine will not treat the elderly or handicapped
(c) that most younger people aren't smart enough to go into medicine
(d) that the human touch may be lost under the stranglehold of technology

5. Who do they find alive in the town?
(a) two children hiding under a porch
(b) the man in a white robe and a crying infant
(c) no one
(d) a German shepard and a canary

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is on the acknowledgment page to convince readers it is a true story?

3. While running to the autopsy room, Hall notices that Leavitt appears to be in a trance. Why does he appear that way?

4. What does the team decide Hall has to find out?

5. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?

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