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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?
(a) he demands more money than the government is offering
(b) he asks for all the information so he can keep abreast of new developments
(c) nothing, he has never taken his commitment to Wildfire seriously
(d) he demands to appoint a friend of his to the project

2. What does the narrator say about Lieutenant Shawn's life?
(a) that these are the last few moments he will live
(b) that he's been wasting it
(c) that he is young and has a long life ahead of him
(d) that he is soon to start college

3. How does the information needed to contact Wildfire read?
(a) IN CASE OF FIRE - Notify SECURITY OFFICER 37
(b) IN CASE OF FIRE -- Notify Division 87 -- Emergencies Only
(c) IN CASE OF FIRE - Notify the FBI
(d) IN CASE OF FIRE - Notify the fire department

4. Why does Crichton make Mark Hall his protagonist, in view of the science/human debate in the book?
(a) because Hall is the youngest of the five
(b) because Hall is single
(c) because Hall is the most human of the four team members
(d) because Hall is a surgeon

5. What is Burton and Stone's working hypothesis about the killer in Piedmont?
(a) it is passed by contact with an infected individual
(b) the agent must have transmitted itself through the air
(c) it doesn't seem to affect dogs
(d) it works very slowly

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackson say to Hall when Hall wakes him?

2. What does Hall do as he finishes turning his key in the level 4 substation?

3. How much about the Andromeda strain was told to the public?

4. Jackson tells Hall he has a medical problem. What is it?

5. What type of waste products did Andromeda produce?

(see the answer key)

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