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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?
(a) human bodies, dead or alive
(b) that water fell on the film
(c) that the camera picked up the flares on the ground
(d) solar flares occuring

2. Although both the baby and Jackson are administered nutrients and medical care, what don't they receive?
(a) freedom to go anywhere
(b) answers to Jackson's questions
(c) phone calls
(d) kindness or compassion

3. What can the readers find in the Bibliography that lends yet more authenticity to the story?
(a) characters' names and the names of their published works
(b) books about Wildfire
(c) there is no bibliography
(d) articles on the Andromeda strain

4. Especially in the United States, who decides what technology is worth purchasing?
(a) the internet
(b) the consumers
(c) the schools
(d) the government

5. Burton's tests reveal that clotting begins in the lungs then progresses to the brain. What does that mean to him?
(a) that the brain is not that vulnerable to the disease
(b) that eveyone suffucated before they died
(c) the disease must be inhaled
(d) that the disease does't clog the arteries

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the first two scientific crises in history?

2. What will Hall wear to examine the two survivors of Piedmont?

3. In communications, why does Captain Morris check for computer malfunctions?

4. Towards the end of the book what do they notice about the Andromeda strain?

5. What does Stone ask Manchek to call for to take care of the danger at Piedmont?

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