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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the readers find in the Bibliography that lends yet more authenticity to the story?
(a) there is no bibliography
(b) articles on the Andromeda strain
(c) books about Wildfire
(d) characters' names and the names of their published works

2. When a training pilot crashes after flying above the Piedmont area, what do they find at the plane?
(a) all the new plastic polymer that replaced rubber in the plane has dissolved
(b) the pilot had left a note to his wife
(c) the pilot was too young to be flying
(d) the instrument panel was gone

3. When asked how long the delay might be what does NASA say?
(a) it would be forever
(b) the decision is out of their hands
(c) could be about two years
(d) probably a month or two

4. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?
(a) they are both hungry all the time
(b) they both have big mouths
(c) they have small bodies
(d) their rapid breathing

5. How does the information needed to contact Wildfire read?
(a) IN CASE OF FIRE - Notify the fire department
(b) IN CASE OF FIRE - Notify SECURITY OFFICER 37
(c) IN CASE OF FIRE -- Notify Division 87 -- Emergencies Only
(d) IN CASE OF FIRE - Notify the FBI

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the men's attitude now that they know directive 7-12 was not invoked?

2. What does Stone do to help Burton in the autopsy room when he's been exposed to Andromeda?

3. What is written on the first page of the book to help convey it as seeming to be a true story?

4. What is Lt. Shawn looking at with a pair of binoculars at the start of the book?

5. If one cell of E. coli could produce a supercolony equal in size and weight to the planet, why doesn't that happen?

(see the answer key)

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