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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dr. Burton's specialty ?
(a) he's an expert on zero gravity effect on growth of plants
(b) he experiments with human DNA
(c) studying the effects of bacteria on human tissues
(d) he studies the effects of sunlight on viruses

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

3. What briefing does Manchek think about when reviewing what Jagger has told him?
(a) the briefing about space travel
(b) the briefing he received on Project Wildfire
(c) about the briefing on how to call the President
(d) about what to do in a state of emergency

4. What is Lt. Shawn looking at with a pair of binoculars at the start of the book?
(a) his brother's backyard
(b) two purple vans with peace symbols
(c) the town of Piedmont, Arizona
(d) a couple of bears

5. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?
(a) that a civilian billionaire is paying for it
(b) it was designed to obtain samples of alien bacterial life in space
(c) that the Scoop satellite in Piedmont is the first one sent up
(d) that NASA doesn't know about it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hall believe about the possibility of a real Wildfire crisis?

2. How does Stone feel about Hall's appointment?

3. What is Manchek asked to do when he calls to alert Wildfire?

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

5. What do Lt. Shawn and Pvt. Crane find in Piedmont?

(see the answer key)

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