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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought about the first scientific crisis in history?
(a) the discovery of an alien space ship
(b) the advent of modern science
(c) the discovery of the atom
(d) the invasion of aliens

2. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?
(a) Chief Duty Officer and man in charge of all Scoop Project activities
(b) advisor to the president on the Scoop project
(c) the man who came up with the Wildfire idea
(d) the air force officer who flew a jet over Piedmont

3. 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

4. What is Caper One?
(a) the name of Lt. Shawn's mission
(b) the name of Lt. Shawn's german shepard
(c) the name of the Scoop satellite's mission
(d) a set-up to catch a drug dealer

5. What does the narrator say about the men of Wildfire that will affect the outcome of the work?
(a) the men are only looking after their own interest
(b) the men don't really know what to do
(c) the men are actually aliens wanting to harm the world
(d) the men have some fatal flaws, which will escalate the crisis

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Manchek do after he finishes the call with Jagger?

3. What is the population of Piedmont, Arizona?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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