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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 communications, why does Captain Morris check for computer malfunctions?
(a) he's suspicious, because the bell has not rung for some time to signal an incoming communication
(b) he thought he heard the bell ring
(c) it's time for him to go off shift
(d) he's just doing his job

2. When a training pilot crashes after flying above the Piedmont area, what do they find at the plane?
(a) all the new plastic polymer that replaced rubber in the plane has dissolved
(b) the pilot had left a note to his wife
(c) the instrument panel was gone
(d) the pilot was too young to be flying

3. What do they put into the room with the satellite first?
(a) a brown dog
(b) a white cat
(c) a black Norway lab rat
(d) a pig

4. What bothers Hall about the substations that will turn off a self-destruct?
(a) they're spaced too close together
(b) they're painted red
(c) that he could be sealed off in a section without a substation
(d) it takes too much time to insert the key

5. What does Hall think made Jackson survive Andromeda?
(a) Andromeda doesn't like asprin
(b) he's a mean, old man
(c) his bleeding ulcer made it too hard for the blood to coagulate
(d) excessive acid in the bloodstream might prevent Andromeda from growing

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ligamine darts hits Hall before he gets to level 4?

2. What happens when Robertson informs them of the Phantom crash team's discovery of the depolymerized polymer and the fleshless bone?

3. What does Hall do as he finishes turning his key in the level 4 substation?

4. How did the men feel about finding a solution to Andromeda?

5. How often do the doctors get together to discuss results?

Short Essay Questions

1. Write about some of the mistakes the scientists made when dealing with Andromeda.

2. Leavitt has a dream about a house. When he wakens he believes it has an answer to Andromeda. Describe the dream and his thoughts and reactions to the dream.

3. Describe Dr. Hall's first meeting with Peter Jackson. What does Jackson look like? What does Hall do?

4. When he knows about Andromeda's weakness what action does Hall take with Dr. Burton in the biopsy lab?

5. Describe the crash scene of the military jet to which Major Manchek travels . What does it look like? What does he find?

6. What kinds of animals are used in research? What do various animals do best? Why is the Black Norway Rat used most often in scientific experiments?

7. What do you think Montaigne meant by the quote "Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves." in relationship to the behavior of the men at Wildfire?

8. How did Andromeda infect the town of Piedmont?

9. Why is uncontrolled bacterial growth is a frightening concept?

10. How does Hall finally find out about Leavitt's epilepsy and what does he do about it?

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