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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mission Control for Project Scoop located?
(a) NASA headquarters in Birmingham
(b) Ft. Sill, Oklahoma
(c) Vandenberg Airforce Base
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. Why isn't normal food available at the lab?
(a) there's too many people to figure out what to cook
(b) it might provide a growth medium for bacteria
(c) it cost more than the nutrient drink
(d) cooks aren't allowed on level 4 or 5

3. While running to the autopsy room, Hall notices that Leavitt appears to be in a trance. Why does he appear that way?
(a) he likes to stop and think during an emergency
(b) he's barely walking and keeps bumping into the walls
(c) he's immobile looking at the flashing emergency lights
(d) he didn't get enough sleep the night before

4. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?
(a) it uses lasers to shine on the subject
(b) it uses magnetic fields rather than light rays to view and enlarge objects
(c) it uses electric current across the lens
(d) it has a bigger lens

5. What is Dr. Stone doing when the military shows up at his door?
(a) he's not there, he's at work
(b) saying good-bye to dinner guests
(c) sleeping
(d) reading the newspaper

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Hall notice about Dr. Leavitt as they get in the sedan that was sent for them?

2. What does Hall do at the computer when he is in the room with his patients?

3. What the main hypothesis the men have about why Scoop fell out of orbit?

4. What does their nighttime surveillance reveal?

5. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?

(see the answer key)

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