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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Delta sector on Level I, a man sits before a giant communications console. What is his job?
2. When over the town, Stone and Burton see buzzards eating the bodies. What do they do?
3. What does Manchek do after he finishes the call with Jagger?
4. What does Samuel "Gunner" Wilson, pilot of the Scavenger plane see as he flies over Piedmont?
5. On Jagger's film, one of the white images is in motion. What does that mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the chain of events, in Stone's mind that has lead up to project Wildfire.
2. Describe what the Wildfire lab looks like on first approach.
3. What is it about the narration, the characters and the plot thus revealed that makes you want to read further?
4. Describe the Odd Man Hypothesis. Do you think it's a good idea?
5. Write about the procedure the three planes used to look at and take pictures of Piedmont and the capability of the scavenger spy plane.
6. On level 1 what does Stone tell the men when he briefs them about the Wildfire lab?
7. Describe Major Arthur Manchek.
8. Write about the narrator. What is his purpose? How is his purpose carried out?
9. Describe what happens at Dr. Stone's house when he's called for Wildfire.
10. In Chapter 3, the narrator discusses the nature of crisis from a historical perspective. What does he have to say about the nature of crisis?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Dr. Leavitt. Did you like him? Does he remind you of anyone you know? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Dr. Stone. Do you like him? How does his personality coincide with the job he has to do? Is he someone you would trust with your life? Do you think he makes a good addition to the Wildfire team? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Pretend that the Andromeda Strain was engineered by aliens and sent to earth. Why do you think aliens would do that?
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