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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What's the first test Burton does on the two dead lab animals?
(a) breathing test to make sure they're dead
(b) a blood test
(c) a nerve reflex test
(d) vector experiments to determine how the mysterious disease is transmitted

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

4. What spurred significant advances in biological science?
(a) a cure for cancer
(b) the polio vaccine
(c) the discovery of germs
(d) the invention of antibiotics

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the scientist work on the satellite?

2. What happens to the rat when deposited near the satellite?

3. What is the first response to Mancheck's call to Wildfire?

4. What brought about the first scientific crisis in history?

5. What does Stone do when they find the message?

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