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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What spurred significant advances in biological science?
(a) the invention of antibiotics
(b) the discovery of germs
(c) the polio vaccine
(d) a cure for cancer

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What briefing does Manchek think about when reviewing what Jagger has told him?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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