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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 Samuel "Gunner" Wilson, pilot of the Scavenger plane see as he flies over Piedmont?
(a) a line of bodies stretched out below him in the center of Piedmont.
(b) he doesn't see anything, it's too dark
(c) the white robed man jumping up and down and waving
(d) an old Ford with its lights flashing

2. What does Private Crane do for Lt. Shawn?
(a) cooks his meals
(b) nothing, there is no Private Crane
(c) drives the van
(d) he is Lt. Shawn's electronics technician

3. What kind of theory did noted scholar, Alfred Pockran, have about national crises?
(a) crises are created by the individual men involved in the events
(b) crisis are created by politicians for good ratings
(c) crisis are created by enemies of the nation
(d) crisis always have a beginning and end

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Manchek contact Wildfire?

2. When they arrive at Piedmont, what do Burton and Stone do first?

3. Why are the private and lieutenant looking for the Scoop satellite?

4. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?

5. How does the President respond to Stone's request for a directive 7-12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Major Arthur Manchek.

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

5. Describe Dr. Burton as he rides in the helicopter with Dr. Stone going to Piedmont. Tell a little of his background in science.

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

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

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

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

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

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