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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Manchek do after he finishes the call with Jagger?
(a) meets his wife for breakfast
(b) takes his dog for a walk
(c) goes to bed
(d) decides to call for a state of emergency

2. What is the population of Piedmont, Arizona?
(a) 100
(b) 2033
(c) 48
(d) 15

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

4. Where is Mission Control for Project Scoop located?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) NASA headquarters in Birmingham
(c) Ft. Sill, Oklahoma
(d) Vandenberg Airforce Base

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Lieutenant Shawn's life?

2. What does the narrator say about the men of Wildfire that will affect the outcome of the work?

3. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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