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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the two men have radio-directional equipment on the van?
(a) to find a good radio station
(b) to find the town of Piedmont
(c) to be able to track aircraft
(d) to triangulate the position of the Scoop satellite

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

4. What does Jagger conclude about the white spots, based on the temperature?
(a) forty-seven of the bodies are definitely dead
(b) it's very hot in Piedmont right now
(c) it's quite cold in Piedmont right now
(d) Crane and Shawn might still be alive

5. What is Project Wildfire?
(a) a program they taught in scool
(b) a think tank of politicians
(c) a high-tech laboratory, plus a team of scientists
(d) a project to reforest burnt land

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is in the van with Lt. Shawn?

3. How does the information needed to contact Wildfire read?

4. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?

5. On Jagger's film, one of the white images is in motion. What does that mean?

(see the answer key)

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