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

3. What does Dr. Stone tell his wife as he leaves?
(a) that he'd see her tomorrow
(b) that he will be gone for an indefinite number of weeks
(c) that there must be some mistake, he'll go clear it up
(d) that it's an emergency epidemic and to pack her bag

4. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?
(a) the air force officer who flew a jet over Piedmont
(b) Chief Duty Officer and man in charge of all Scoop Project activities
(c) advisor to the president on the Scoop project
(d) the man who came up with the Wildfire idea

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

6. How does Burton appear to Stone?
(a) an absent-minded professor with sloppy clothes and untidy hair
(b) a young football player
(c) a sharp dresser and compulsive individual
(d) a monk in brown robes

7. What is Caper One?
(a) a set-up to catch a drug dealer
(b) the name of Lt. Shawn's mission
(c) the name of the Scoop satellite's mission
(d) the name of Lt. Shawn's german shepard

8. What did Merrick theorize?
(a) that alien species would be hostile
(b) that alien species would contact earth
(c) that alien species could not exist
(d) the first alien species encountered by man would be a bacterium

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

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

11. Who do they find alive in the town?
(a) a German shepard and a canary
(b) no one
(c) the man in a white robe and a crying infant
(d) two children hiding under a porch

12. 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 a national guard unit into Piedmont
(c) he orders Lt. Comcoe to send a message to Crane on a secret channel
(d) he orders a Scavenger plane to make a flyby over Piedmont

13. What does Lt. Shawn do as he approaches Piedmont?
(a) leaves his radio on after calling in
(b) turns off his headlights so no one can see him
(c) pulls on a biological agent suit
(d) stops and tells Private Crane to get out and wait for him on the hill

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

15. Who is in the van with Lt. Shawn?
(a) Private Lewis Crane
(b) his dog, a german shepard
(c) his brother and nephew
(d) no one, he's alone