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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 the team decide Hall has to find out?
(a) how fast he can get to each substation
(b) what the old man and the infant have in common which protected them both from death
(c) how to cure Jackson's ulcer
(d) why the infant cries all the time

2. What the main hypothesis the men have about why Scoop fell out of orbit?
(a) the satellite hit something in its path
(b) its batteries ran out
(c) the Russians shot it down
(d) it was at the end of its allocated usefulness

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

4. Now that Jackson is awake, what does he tell Hall about the baby?
(a) that he was two months early
(b) baby Jamie cries constantly
(c) that he was a twin, but the other one died
(d) that he was sick last week

5. When the seal has been broken in the Autopsy room, who is in there?
(a) Mark Hall
(b) Dr. Leavitt
(c) Dr. Burton
(d) Dr. Stone

Short Answer Questions

1. If the organism directly converts energy to matter with no waste what is it functioning like?

2. What is Leavitt's rule of "48"?

3. Too whom does the female voice on the intercom belong?

4. What does the Wildfire team believe about the origin of the Scoop contamination?

5. Why are black Norway rats used in labs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the real mission of Scoop? What do the scientist do when they find out?

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. After knowing about the baby's blood pH and Jackson's blood pH, what does Hall figure out?

9. How did Andromeda infect the town of Piedmont?

10. Describe the study Leavitt uses as the basis for his rule of 48.

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