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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. What does Lt. Comroe at mission control do when told about the bodies?

2. What do the white spots on Jagger's film indicate?

3. What does Project Wildfire do?

4. What does Private Crane do for Lt. Shawn?

5. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the Wildfire lab looks like on first approach.

2. What is Jagger's job and what does he say about the reconnoiter photos and what they show.

3. 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?

4. What is Lieutenant Roger Shawn doing at the beginning of the book?

5. Describe the chain of events, in Stone's mind that has lead up to project Wildfire.

6. Write about the procedure the three planes used to look at and take pictures of Piedmont and the capability of the scavenger spy plane.

7. What does Manchek do after reviewing the intelligence with Jagger?

8. The author states his theme that crises are made up of human personalities. How does he introduce his characters?

9. Already, by chapter 4, the reader can tell this is a technical narrative. How does the author handle the technology?

10. Explain why the government agreed to extend funds and build Wildfire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dr. Burton. Do you think he made too many mistakes to stay on the Wildfire team? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the atmosphere inside the Wildfire lab. Did the men like each other? With the work they are doing does it matter if they like each other? How did they treat the staff? How did they feel about Wildfire?

Essay Topic 3

Describe all the objects in your home and their uses that were invented in the past thirty years. Do you think life would be difficult without them? Why or why not?

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