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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?
(a) that Dr. Leavitt's wife is in the hospital
(b) that another sattellite has come down to earth
(c) the notification about the President's decision to delay directive 7-12
(d) that the plaque has spread to Texas

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

4. What bothers Hall about the substations that will turn off a self-destruct?
(a) they're painted red
(b) it takes too much time to insert the key
(c) they're spaced too close together
(d) that he could be sealed off in a section without a substation

5. What does Stone say the government should do about the possibility of alien bacteria?
(a) they should offer a grant to Stone to look at the question
(b) they shouldn't do anything unless it happens
(c) they should sit up a comittee and study the question
(d) the government should construct a laboratory equipped to handle dangerous alien bacteria

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?

2. Too whom does the female voice on the intercom belong?

3. How does Manchek contact Wildfire?

4. What does the Department of Defense do about Stone's proposal?

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

(see the answer key)

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