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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. In Delta sector on Level I, a man sits before a giant communications console. What is his job?
(a) to make sure no unauthorized person enters
(b) to hit the emergency button if a virus gets out
(c) to take messages from the men's families
(d) to monitor all incoming communications and inform the Wildfire team of any important developments

2. What does the narrator say about the men of Wildfire that will affect the outcome of the work?
(a) the men don't really know what to do
(b) the men are actually aliens wanting to harm the world
(c) the men are only looking after their own interest
(d) the men have some fatal flaws, which will escalate the crisis

3. What is Dr. Burton's specialty ?
(a) he studies the effects of sunlight on viruses
(b) studying the effects of bacteria on human tissues
(c) he's an expert on zero gravity effect on growth of plants
(d) he experiments with human DNA

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

5. What concerned Merrick about alien encounters?
(a) that they would be hostile and superior
(b) that their technology would be much better than ours
(c) the possibility of a plague resulting from an alien bacteria
(d) that they have been kidnapping humans for years

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lt. Shawn and Pvt. Crane find in Piedmont?

2. What does Private Crane do for Lt. Shawn?

3. What does Jagger conclude about the white spots, based on the temperature?

4. Why do the two men have radio-directional equipment on the van?

5. When over the town, Stone and Burton see buzzards eating the bodies. What do they do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What decontamination processes do the men go through on Level 2, 3 and 4?

2. What is it about the narration, the characters and the plot thus revealed that makes you want to read further?

3. Describe the Odd Man Hypothesis. Do you think it's a good idea?

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

5. Describe the chain of events, in Stone's mind that has lead up to project Wildfire.

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

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

8. In Chapter 3, the narrator discusses the nature of crisis from a historical perspective. What does he have to say about the nature of crisis?

9. The author states his theme that crises are made up of human personalities. How does he introduce his characters?

10. Write about the narrator. What is his purpose? How is his purpose carried out?

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