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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?
(a) it uses magnetic fields rather than light rays to view and enlarge objects
(b) it uses electric current across the lens
(c) it uses lasers to shine on the subject
(d) it has a bigger lens

2. What does Hall race back to the autopsy room to stop?
(a) the pumping of oxygen into the room
(b) Leavitt from having another seizure
(c) Stone from opening the door of the autopsy room
(d) Burton from dying

3. What does the spectrometer show about the composition of the Andromeda strain?
(a) it resembles earthly organic life
(b) it is not alive
(c) it's radioactive
(d) it has carbon and silicon in it

4. If one cell of E. coli could produce a supercolony equal in size and weight to the planet, why doesn't that happen?
(a) nature made it so it stops at a certain size
(b) there's too many antibiotics in the world
(c) it's too fragile
(d) food and oxygen run out

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

6. While running to the autopsy room, Hall notices that Leavitt appears to be in a trance. Why does he appear that way?
(a) he didn't get enough sleep the night before
(b) he's immobile looking at the flashing emergency lights
(c) he's barely walking and keeps bumping into the walls
(d) he likes to stop and think during an emergency

7. What does Stone do to help Burton in the autopsy room when he's been exposed to Andromeda?
(a) nothing, he doesn't know what to do
(b) spraying the room with bleach
(c) coating the walls with antibiotics
(d) pumping oxygen into the room to inhibit the spread of Andromeda

8. What type of waste products did Andromeda produce?
(a) starch, sugar and hydrogen
(b) it doesn't produce any
(c) carbon and water
(d) amino acids

9. If the organism directly converts energy to matter with no waste what is it functioning like?
(a) a generator
(b) like a highly efficient atomic reactor
(c) a human body cell
(d) a virus

10. What does Hall find out about Andromeda from the Ph level report?
(a) Andromeda likes all pH levels but 7.1
(b) Andromeda can grow in most pH levels
(c) Andromeda grows within a narrow range of pH
(d) Andromeda has no reaction to any pH level

11. What will Hall wear to examine the two survivors of Piedmont?
(a) latex gloves and surgical mask
(b) his level 5 coveralls
(c) an astronaut's suit
(d) a full body glove

12. What does Jackson say to Hall when Hall wakes him?
(a) he doesn't talk to him
(b) tells him he doesn't need a doctor
(c) tells him the baby's mother's name
(d) tells him to go away

13. There is another way for Hall to reach a substation. What is it?
(a) going through the ventilation shafts
(b) climbing to another level through the central core
(c) taking an elevator to level 4
(d) going up the outside of the lab

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

15. How will the scientist work on the satellite?
(a) metallic hands inside the sealed room
(b) with latex gloves on their hands
(c) with binoculars
(d) behind an ultraviolet barrier

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the center core protected, level to level?

2. What do they put into the room with the satellite first?

3. What does the Wildfire team believe about the origin of the Scoop contamination?

4. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?

5. What have these home remedies done to Jackson?

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