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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the way to Wildfire, what does Dr. Leavitt tell Dr. Hall to do?
(a) take Leavitt's blood pressure
(b) make out his will
(c) call his mother and tell her where he is
(d) to read the project file before arriving at Wildfire

2. What is Manchek asked to do when he calls to alert Wildfire?
(a) to write up a report of the incident
(b) to meet with the scientists
(c) to destroy all evidence
(d) nothing, activating Wildfire is completely automated

3. What is Dr. Burton's specialty ?
(a) he's an expert on zero gravity effect on growth of plants
(b) he studies the effects of sunlight on viruses
(c) he experiments with human DNA
(d) studying the effects of bacteria on human tissues

4. What did English biophysicist, J.J. Merrick, discuss at a biological symposium?
(a) the improbability of life in space
(b) whether biology was a science worth pursuing
(c) whether humans should go into space
(d) the probabilities of first contact with an alien species

5. How does Leavitt feel about Wildfire?
(a) he's skeptical that it is necessary
(b) he misses his wife and wishes he hadn't been called
(c) he's indifferent
(d) he is fascinated with Wildfire and excited to be working on it

6. How does Stone feel about Hall's appointment?
(a) it's against his wishes
(b) he's decided fate must have a reason
(c) he's happy and enthusiastic about it
(d) he's indifferent to it

7. In Delta sector on Level I, a man sits before a giant communications console. What is his job?
(a) to take messages from the men's families
(b) to hit the emergency button if a virus gets out
(c) to monitor all incoming communications and inform the Wildfire team of any important developments
(d) to make sure no unauthorized person enters

8. Dr. Stone heads to Piedmont with another scientist. Who is he?
(a) Dr. Charles Burton, professor at Baylor Medical School
(b) Dr. Byon Shelby
(c) Dr. Kathleen Coller
(d) Dr. Steven Levine

9. What does the Department of Defense do about Stone's proposal?
(a) tells Stone he'll have to join the military to do anything
(b) says the military can take care of any aliens
(c) refuses to help
(d) allocates $22 million for construction of a special, isolated laboratory

10. What's the last thing Lt. Comcoe hears from the radio?
(a) two dogs barking and growling at each other
(b) someone pounding on Lt. Shawn's van door
(c) the man in the white robe talking to Shawn
(d) Crane calling out in a high-pitched scream

11. What does Mark Hall learn about the Wildfire lab as he's reading the last of the file?
(a) that it has fifteen rooms on each floor
(b) that it's located in a mountain near Denver
(c) that it was made to look like a little town
(d) the facility is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device

12. After going to code red, what does Manchek do?
(a) takes a helicopter to Piedmont
(b) hesitates before making his next move
(c) calls the President of the United States
(d) calls out the National Guard

13. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?
(a) he orders a helicopter to Piedmont
(b) he orders Lt. Comcoe to send a message to Crane on a secret channel
(c) he orders a Scavenger plane to make a flyby over Piedmont
(d) he orders a national guard unit into Piedmont

14. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?
(a) that NASA doesn't know about it
(b) that a civilian billionaire is paying for it
(c) that the Scoop satellite in Piedmont is the first one sent up
(d) it was designed to obtain samples of alien bacterial life in space

15. What does their nighttime surveillance reveal?
(a) all the houses are lit up
(b) a big town party in the center of town
(c) a pack of dogs are barking at a door
(d) no activity in the town

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they see in the sky over Piedmont?

2. What is Caper One?

3. What spurred significant advances in biological science?

4. What does Jagger show Manchek on a conference call?

5. What does Samuel "Gunner" Wilson, pilot of the Scavenger plane see as he flies over Piedmont?

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