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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. What does Manchek do after he finishes the call with Jagger?
(a) takes his dog for a walk
(b) goes to bed
(c) decides to call for a state of emergency
(d) meets his wife for breakfast

2. What do they find when they cut open a victim's wrist?
(a) the blood is no longer liquid; it resembles a red sponge
(b) the blood has turned green
(c) the blood has hard, white nodules in it
(d) nothing, they never cut open a victim's wrist

3. What does the narrator say about Lieutenant Shawn's life?
(a) that these are the last few moments he will live
(b) that he is soon to start college
(c) that he's been wasting it
(d) that he is young and has a long life ahead of him

4. What is Caper One?
(a) a set-up to catch a drug dealer
(b) the name of Lt. Shawn's german shepard
(c) the name of Lt. Shawn's mission
(d) the name of the Scoop satellite's mission

5. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?
(a) he demands more money than the government is offering
(b) he demands to appoint a friend of his to the project
(c) he asks for all the information so he can keep abreast of new developments
(d) nothing, he has never taken his commitment to Wildfire seriously

Short Answer Questions

1. What spurred significant advances in biological science?

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

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

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

5. What does their nighttime surveillance reveal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are the protocols Leavitt personally put into place for Wildfire?

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

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

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