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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did English biophysicist, J.J. Merrick, discuss at a biological symposium?
(a) whether biology was a science worth pursuing
(b) the improbability of life in space
(c) whether humans should go into space
(d) the probabilities of first contact with an alien species

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

4. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?
(a) he demands to appoint a friend of his to the project
(b) nothing, he has never taken his commitment to Wildfire seriously
(c) he asks for all the information so he can keep abreast of new developments
(d) he demands more money than the government is offering

5. Why was Hall, a surgeon, chosen for the team?
(a) because they needed one medical doctor
(b) officials who believe in The Odd Man Hypothesis wanted him
(c) because he had a great personality
(d) because they needed one scientist who wasn't married

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Dr. Burton's specialty ?

3. When they arrive at Piedmont, what do Burton and Stone do first?

4. What do the officers give Stone when they get in the car?

5. What were the first two scientific crises in history?

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