View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Burton's specialty ?

2. What concerned Merrick about alien encounters?

3. How does the President respond to Stone's request for a directive 7-12?

4. In what configuration is the Wildfire lab built?

5. When the communication specialist checks the equipment, what does he find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the protocols Leavitt personally put into place for Wildfire?

2. Describe the Odd Man Hypothesis. Do you think it's a good idea?

3. Write about the narrator. What is his purpose? How is his purpose carried out?

4. Write about the first pages of the book and what the author does to grab the reader's attention.

5. On level 1 what does Stone tell the men when he briefs them about the Wildfire lab?

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

7. What is it about the narration, the characters and the plot thus revealed that makes you want to read further?

8. Write a description of Piedmont from Lieutenant Shawn's perspective looking from above.

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

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

When considering all the technology in this book, do you believe humans are ready to have such technology? Do you think humans are civilized enough to go into space? Why do you think we have not flown people to another planet yet?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In this book the government had several "top secret" projects of which few of its citizens were knowledgeable. Do you think this is okay for the government to do? Do you believe that the government should keep secrets from the people? Why or why not? Do you think the government should have first access to all technology? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,427 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample