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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Hall, a surgeon, chosen for the team?
(a) officials who believe in The Odd Man Hypothesis wanted him
(b) because he had a great personality
(c) because they needed one scientist who wasn't married
(d) because they needed one medical doctor

2. On Jagger's film, one of the white images is in motion. What does that mean?
(a) the camera moved when it shot the picture
(b) there is a very large buzzard flying at almost ground level
(c) there is a survivor
(d) the pilot went too fast when he shot the film

3. What is Dr. Stone doing when the military shows up at his door?
(a) saying good-bye to dinner guests
(b) reading the newspaper
(c) sleeping
(d) he's not there, he's at work

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

5. What does Jagger conclude about the white spots, based on the temperature?
(a) forty-seven of the bodies are definitely dead
(b) it's very hot in Piedmont right now
(c) it's quite cold in Piedmont right now
(d) Crane and Shawn might still be alive

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?

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

3. After going to code red, what does Manchek do?

4. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?

5. How does Stone feel about Hall's appointment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Write a description of Piedmont from Lieutenant Shawn's perspective looking from above.

2. What is Lieutenant Roger Shawn doing at the beginning of the book?

3. Write about the procedure the three planes used to look at and take pictures of Piedmont and the capability of the scavenger spy plane.

4. Describe what the Wildfire lab looks like on first approach.

5. How is Wildfire put into action by Manchek's phone call?

6. What does Manchek do after reviewing the intelligence with Jagger?

7. Describe what happens at Dr. Stone's house when he's called for Wildfire.

8. Write about the first pages of the book and what the author does to grab the reader's attention.

9. What is Jagger's job and what does he say about the reconnoiter photos and what they show.

10. What were the two things Stone and Burton knew when they landed in Piedmont?

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