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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 is the The Messenger Theory?

2. Burton's tests reveal that clotting begins in the lungs then progresses to the brain. What does that mean to him?

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

4. What bothers Hall about the substations that will turn off a self-destruct?

5. Why are black Norway rats used in labs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the study Leavitt uses as the basis for his rule of 48.

5. Leavitt has a dream about a house. When he wakens he believes it has an answer to Andromeda. Describe the dream and his thoughts and reactions to the dream.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Science has the potential to empower or to enslave humanity. What do you think this means? How does it relate to life in the 21st century? How does it relate to your life?

Essay Topic 2

What do you believe this book is saying about scientific advancements? Do you agree with that view point?

Essay Topic 3

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

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