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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 Stone do to help Burton in the autopsy room when he's been exposed to Andromeda?
(a) pumping oxygen into the room to inhibit the spread of Andromeda
(b) spraying the room with bleach
(c) coating the walls with antibiotics
(d) nothing, he doesn't know what to do

2. What does Hall race back to the autopsy room to stop?
(a) the pumping of oxygen into the room
(b) Leavitt from having another seizure
(c) Stone from opening the door of the autopsy room
(d) Burton from dying

3. Why is the center core protected?
(a) so terrorist can't get through it
(b) so a large bacteria can't float through it
(c) to prevent potentially contaminated lab animals from escaping
(d) to bar people from being in it

4. Why does Hall think the baby's survival and the birds' survival are related?
(a) they both have big mouths
(b) they have small bodies
(c) they are both hungry all the time
(d) their rapid breathing

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What seems to produce the best growth in Andromeda?

3. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?

4. When the seal has been broken in the Autopsy room, who is in there?

5. What does the Wildfire group eat for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Manchek find about the wreck of the plane?

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

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

5. 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?

6. In the conference room in Chapter 12, Dr. Stone talks about a man named Rudolph Karp. Who is Karp? Why does Stone discuss him?

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

8. What does Hall realize about Andromeda when thinking about Jackson's acidosis?

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

10. Write about the men of Wildfire and their motivations for finding the cure for Wildfire.

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