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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they see in the sky over Piedmont?
(a) two cats fighting on a fence
(b) large black birds flying in a circular pattern
(c) a couple of teenagers breaking into a store
(d) a radio blaring rock music

2. What is the first response to Mancheck's call to Wildfire?
(a) to call each scientist on the list
(b) to call the White House
(c) a top-secret cable is issued informing other military units
(d) to shut down the electricity around Piedmont

3. What does Dr. Hall think about the Wildfire project?
(a) that the government is totally paronoid
(b) he believed the whole project was theoretical and never expected to actually be called
(c) it is a stupid waste of money
(d) that the government can't do anything right, including Wildfire

4. What briefing does Manchek think about when reviewing what Jagger has told him?
(a) the briefing about space travel
(b) about the briefing on how to call the President
(c) about what to do in a state of emergency
(d) the briefing he received on Project Wildfire

5. What is Lt. Shawn looking at with a pair of binoculars at the start of the book?
(a) the town of Piedmont, Arizona
(b) a couple of bears
(c) two purple vans with peace symbols
(d) his brother's backyard

6. What is the population of Piedmont, Arizona?
(a) 15
(b) 48
(c) 2033
(d) 100

7. Why do the two men have radio-directional equipment on the van?
(a) to find a good radio station
(b) to triangulate the position of the Scoop satellite
(c) to find the town of Piedmont
(d) to be able to track aircraft

8. What do Lt. Shawn and Pvt. Crane find in Piedmont?
(a) no people on the streets
(b) the traffic light doesn't work
(c) just a town with people going about their business
(d) dead bodies in the middle of the street

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

10. What does Stone say the government should do about the possibility of alien bacteria?
(a) they should offer a grant to Stone to look at the question
(b) they shouldn't do anything unless it happens
(c) the government should construct a laboratory equipped to handle dangerous alien bacteria
(d) they should sit up a comittee and study the question

11. 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

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

13. What kind of theory did noted scholar, Alfred Pockran, have about national crises?
(a) crisis are created by enemies of the nation
(b) crisis always have a beginning and end
(c) crises are created by the individual men involved in the events
(d) crisis are created by politicians for good ratings

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

15. What does Stone ask Manchek to call for to take care of the danger at Piedmont?
(a) a limited thermo-nuclear strike to sanitize the area
(b) a thousand ultraviolet lights
(c) the National Guard
(d) a load of pesticides to spray on Piedmont

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the information needed to contact Wildfire read?

2. What is Caper One?

3. In Delta sector on Level I, a man sits before a giant communications console. What is his job?

4. What does Lt. Shawn do as he approaches Piedmont?

5. Who is walking among the bodies?

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