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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. Too whom does the female voice on the intercom belong?

2. While dealing with Burton, Hall and Stone hear another emergency announcement by the computer. It is:

3. What happens as the men stare at the green substance attached to the meteor?

4. What does Hall do at the computer when he is in the room with his patients?

5. Why does Stone feel they have plenty of time to solve the mystery of the satellite's contamination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Scoop satellite end up on earth? What do the scientist think?

2. When Hall realizes why Jackson is alive, what does he figure out about the baby?

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

4. Describe the first exploration of the satellite. What did the men do? What did they find?

5. As Stone and Hall figure out the Ph situation, the warning bells go off. Why?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the crash scene of the military jet to which Major Manchek travels . What does it look like? What does he find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

One theme explored in this book relates to the rising fear in the mid-twentieth century that mankind would become slaves to technology. Do you think this is possible? Why? Give examples of what you believe illustrates this fear. Do you believe you've become a slave to technology in your own life? How? Why?

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