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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Wildfire team believe about the origin of the Scoop contamination?
(a) that the contamination happened before the satellite left earth
(b) the contamination has earth germs that mutated
(c) they come to believe it is an alien life form
(d) there is no contamination; nothing can live in space

2. How does Stone feel about Hall's appointment?
(a) it's against his wishes
(b) he's indifferent to it
(c) he's happy and enthusiastic about it
(d) he's decided fate must have a reason

3. What does Jackson do for his ulcer?
(a) he doesn't do anything
(b) he takes nearly a bottle of aspirin a day and sips from a can of Sterno
(c) he eats a gallon of vanilla ice cream every day
(d) he drinks maalox

4. What happens as the men stare at the green substance attached to the meteor?
(a) it turns purple and grows right before their eyes
(b) it starts to hum
(c) it begins to emit light in a pattern
(d) it grows smaller

5. When a training pilot crashes after flying above the Piedmont area, what do they find at the plane?
(a) the pilot had left a note to his wife
(b) the instrument panel was gone
(c) the pilot was too young to be flying
(d) all the new plastic polymer that replaced rubber in the plane has dissolved

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do they find alive in the town?

2. What does Burton's tests determine about the dead bodies?

3. What does Project Wildfire do?

4. On what former scientific belief did Leavitt base his rule of 48?

5. Why isn't normal food available at the lab?

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