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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. There is a lab rat in the room with Dr. Burton, what do Stone and Hall notice about it?
(a) it's dead
(b) it has blood running from its nose
(c) it's still alive
(d) it's white instead of black

2. Why does an electron microscope work better than any other type of scope?
(a) it has a bigger lens
(b) it uses magnetic fields rather than light rays to view and enlarge objects
(c) it uses electric current across the lens
(d) it uses lasers to shine on the subject

3. What does Hall think about Burton's fear?
(a) The idea of being scared to death is somehow the answer
(b) that the man shouldn't have gone into this kind of work
(c) that he'd be afraid too, in that position
(d) that he's a whimp

4. What does Stone do when they find the message?
(a) asks the others what they should do
(b) shruggs his shoulders and quotes politics
(c) calls the president's advisor to try to talk him into initiating directive 7-12 immediately
(d) rips it up and throws it in the trash

5. What happens to the men's attitude now that they know directive 7-12 was not invoked?
(a) they're relieved
(b) they are confident
(c) they're under extreme pressure
(d) they're happy

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they put into the room with the satellite first?

2. What's the first test Burton does on the two dead lab animals?

3. When Burton is still alive, but breathing fast from fear what does Hall do?

4. What did Stone and Leavitt find in the satellite?

5. If one cell of E. coli could produce a supercolony equal in size and weight to the planet, why doesn't that happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. The scientist are not bad men. It would be easy to see them that way. How does the narrator see them? Or the reader?

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

3. Why is Mark Hall's reaction to the female computer voice important?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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