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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. 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) the pilot went too fast when he shot the film
(c) there is a survivor
(d) there is a very large buzzard flying at almost ground level

2. On the way to Wildfire, what does Dr. Leavitt tell Dr. Hall to do?
(a) make out his will
(b) take Leavitt's blood pressure
(c) call his mother and tell her where he is
(d) to read the project file before arriving at Wildfire

3. What do Lt. Shawn and Pvt. Crane find in Piedmont?
(a) just a town with people going about their business
(b) no people on the streets
(c) the traffic light doesn't work
(d) dead bodies in the middle of the street

4. What doesn't the government tell Stone about Scoop?
(a) it has brought back other samples of alien life
(b) it's an attempt to engage in germ warfare by the U.S. military
(c) that a friend of his died from an alien virus a different Scoop brought back
(d) it is not under the control of Congress

5. What does Project Wildfire do?
(a) investigates possible extraterrestrial life forms introduced to earth by returning spacecraft.
(b) investigates forest fires in America
(c) investigates NASA projects
(d) investigates any epidepic of Asian origin

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Stone doing when the military shows up at his door?

2. What does Dr. Hall think about the Wildfire project?

3. What did English biophysicist, J.J. Merrick, discuss at a biological symposium?

4. What concerned Merrick about alien encounters?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Major Arthur Manchek.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain why the government agreed to extend funds and build Wildfire?

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

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