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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. For what reason do the men decide some of the Piedmont people seemed to have committed suicide?
2. What does the Wildfire team believe about the origin of the Scoop contamination?
3. Too whom does the female voice on the intercom belong?
4. What does Stone do when they find the message?
5. How did the men feel about finding a solution to Andromeda?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the crash scene of the military jet to which Major Manchek travels . What does it look like? What does he find?
2. What did Manchek find about the wreck of the plane?
3. Describe the study Leavitt uses as the basis for his rule of 48.
4. What does Hall realize about Andromeda when thinking about Jackson's acidosis?
5. How does Hall finally find out about Leavitt's epilepsy and what does he do about it?
6. How did Andromeda infect the town of Piedmont?
7. Describe the first exploration of the satellite. What did the men do? What did they find?
8. When Hall realizes why Jackson is alive, what does he figure out about the baby?
9. What kinds of animals are used in research? What do various animals do best? Why is the Black Norway Rat used most often in scientific experiments?
10. What do the x-ray crystallography results show about Andromeda?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think is the meaning of this phrase: "Especially in the United States, consumers decide what technology is worthy of purchase." How does your life illustrate that idea? Do you think the idea would be meaningless in a much more technologically-lower country? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Do you think the Andromeda Strain was aimed at humans? Why or why not.
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