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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the answering service supervisor tell Hall when he keeps pushing the red button by his bed?
(a) that pushing the red button calls him
(b) that tomorrow a male voice will waken him
(c) that he is late for breakfast
(d) that he ought to take this project more seriously

2. What happens when Robertson informs them of the Phantom crash team's discovery of the depolymerized polymer and the fleshless bone?
(a) they ignore it as being irrelevant
(b) they have an hour discussion about what might have happened
(c) they send flowers to the pilot's wife
(d) they immediately download the information

3. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?
(a) the notification about the President's decision to delay directive 7-12
(b) that another sattellite has come down to earth
(c) that the plaque has spread to Texas
(d) that Dr. Leavitt's wife is in the hospital

4. Why isn't normal food available at the lab?
(a) it cost more than the nutrient drink
(b) it might provide a growth medium for bacteria
(c) cooks aren't allowed on level 4 or 5
(d) there's too many people to figure out what to cook

5. What is Leavitt's rule of "48"?
(a) there's 48 types of mistakes in any problem
(b) all scientists are blind
(c) all scientists are obsessed with their work
(d) there's 48 ways to do anything

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

7. What seems to produce the best growth in Andromeda?
(a) pure oxygen
(b) saline solution
(c) any type of energy causes it to grow well
(d) chocolate ice cream

8. Why is the center core protected?
(a) to prevent potentially contaminated lab animals from escaping
(b) so terrorist can't get through it
(c) so a large bacteria can't float through it
(d) to bar people from being in it

9. Too whom does the female voice on the intercom belong?
(a) one of the secretaries from level 1
(b) no one, it's computer simulated
(c) Dr. Stone's wife
(d) a sixty-three year old woman from Omaha, named Gladys Stevens

10. What happens as soon as more gaskets are discovered to be damaged?
(a) the self-destruct sequence begins
(b) they decide to evacuate
(c) they use caulk to seal off the areas
(d) they focus ultrviolet lights on the doors

11. In communications, why does Captain Morris check for computer malfunctions?
(a) he's suspicious, because the bell has not rung for some time to signal an incoming communication
(b) he's just doing his job
(c) he thought he heard the bell ring
(d) it's time for him to go off shift

12. What does the Wildfire group eat for breakfast?
(a) a large pill which is all the nutrients they need
(b) a glass of dark brown juice, which tastes like orange juice
(c) eggs, toast and bacon
(d) oatmeal with honey

13. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?
(a) their rapid breathing
(b) they are both hungry all the time
(c) they both have big mouths
(d) they have small bodies

14. What have these home remedies done to Jackson?
(a) made him a drug addict
(b) has aged him before his time
(c) created acidosis, or excess acidity in the body
(d) made him insane

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hall race back to the autopsy room to stop?

2. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?

3. When Hall realizes the reason for Jackson's and the baby's survival what does he do?

4. What does Burton's tests determine about the dead bodies?

5. Why does Stone feel they have plenty of time to solve the mystery of the satellite's contamination?

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