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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 the first response to Mancheck's call to Wildfire?
(a) to shut down the electricity around Piedmont
(b) a top-secret cable is issued informing other military units
(c) to call each scientist on the list
(d) to call the White House

2. What's the last thing Lt. Comcoe hears from the radio?
(a) Crane calling out in a high-pitched scream
(b) two dogs barking and growling at each other
(c) someone pounding on Lt. Shawn's van door
(d) the man in the white robe talking to Shawn

3. After going to code red, what does Manchek do?
(a) calls the President of the United States
(b) hesitates before making his next move
(c) takes a helicopter to Piedmont
(d) calls out the National Guard

4. What does Hall believe about the possibility of a real Wildfire crisis?
(a) he believes the project is theoretical and never expects to be called
(b) he doesn't believe any bacteria could survive space
(c) he doesn't think the US is capable of space travel
(d) he can't think of any reason he would be helpful in that type of work

5. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?
(a) that the camera picked up the flares on the ground
(b) human bodies, dead or alive
(c) that water fell on the film
(d) solar flares occuring

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stone ask Manchek to call for to take care of the danger at Piedmont?

2. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?

3. What did English biophysicist, J.J. Merrick, discuss at a biological symposium?

4. How does Burton appear to Stone?

5. What does Dr. Stone tell his wife as he leaves?

(see the answer key)

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