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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the President respond to Stone's request for a directive 7-12?
(a) calls for a TNT strike instead
(b) decides to postpone Manchek's request for forty-eight hours
(c) he orders it to be done as soon as Stone is out of Piedmont
(d) he doesn't know what directive 7-12 is

3. When the communication specialist checks the equipment, what does he find?
(a) he's sees a computer monitor that is turned off
(b) the communications computer appears to be functioning perfectly
(c) there's something wrong with the communication system
(d) there's paper stopping the bell from ringing

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

5. On the way to Wildfire, what does Dr. Leavitt tell Dr. Hall to do?
(a) call his mother and tell her where he is
(b) make out his will
(c) to read the project file before arriving at Wildfire
(d) take Leavitt's blood pressure

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After going to code red, what does Manchek do?

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

4. What does Stone say the government should do about the possibility of alien bacteria?

5. What spurred significant advances in biological science?

(see the answer key)

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