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

2. What has the mutated Andromeda strain started to do?
(a) it is killing off all the birds in the world
(b) it is sending binary code signals
(c) it is now eating away at American and Russian spacecraft
(d) it is eating through all oil reserves

3. When Burton is still alive, but breathing fast from fear what does Hall do?
(a) he leaves to go check on Leavitt
(b) Hall returns to his lab and stares at Peter Jackson through the glass
(c) he tells Stone he's going to the men's room
(d) he relaxes a moment and sits down

4. What does Hall do as he finishes turning his key in the level 4 substation?
(a) he slides down the wall unconscious
(b) he grabs a nurse and kisses her
(c) he calmly returns to level 5
(d) he jumps up and down and sings

5. What happens to the men's attitude now that they know directive 7-12 was not invoked?
(a) they're relieved
(b) they're happy
(c) they are confident
(d) they're under extreme pressure

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose choice is it, which way science goes, according to the narrator?

3. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?

4. What is on the acknowledgment page to convince readers it is a true story?

5. What caused societal alarm in the early years of modern science?

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