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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ricky say he locks the door to Jack's room?
(a) He says the locks are automatic.
(b) He says he does not trust Jack.
(c) He says it was for Jack's own safety.
(d) He says Mae made him do it.

2. What does Jack think it is safest for the group to do in the presence of the swarm?
(a) Stick together.
(b) Hide under a car.
(c) Split up.
(d) Jump in the air.

3. Which character is the second to die to the swarm?
(a) Mae.
(b) Charley.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Jack.

4. Who does Mae shame into going out into the desert at night with her and Jack?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Vince.
(c) Julia.
(d) Ricky.

5. What does the team in the desert use to communicate?
(a) Hand radios.
(b) Cell phones.
(c) Headsets.
(d) Flashlights.

6. Which process is Xymos's molecule manufacturing the closest to?
(a) Web engineering.
(b) Nanotechnology.
(c) Computer programming.
(d) Genetic engineering.

7. Who chases Charley into the communications room on the security tape?
(a) Julia.
(b) Ricky.
(c) Vince.
(d) Bobby.

8. Whose body goes missing shortly after they are killed?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Charley.
(c) Jack.
(d) David.

9. What do the survivors of the initial swarm attack take refuge in?
(a) Sheds.
(b) Cars.
(c) Outhouses.
(d) Barrels.

10. Which character is the first to die to the swarm?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Mae.
(c) David.
(d) Ricky.

11. Who is in the room with the giant structure in the main fabrication building when Jack and Ricky arrive?
(a) Charley and Julia.
(b) David and Rosie.
(c) Rosie and Vince.
(d) Julia and Eric.

12. Why is Jack's voice hoarse when he talks to Julia on Day 7?
(a) Because he is sick.
(b) Because the swarm damaged his vocal chords.
(c) Because he burned his vocal chords.
(d) Because he was screaming too much.

13. What does Jack suspect Ricky of doing?
(a) Feeding the swarm.
(b) Withholding information.
(c) Teaching the swarm.
(d) Communicating with the army.

14. Who does Mae and Jack see walking around in the cave?
(a) Ricky and David.
(b) Vince and Eric.
(c) Nicole and Julia.
(d) Rosie and Charley.

15. At what time does the team venture back out into the desert on Day 6?
(a) 11: 22 PM.
(b) 8:45 PM.
(c) 11:00 PM.
(d) 10:43 PM.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plants to go back out into the desert at night on Day 6?

2. What was the public's reaction to the IBM atom experiment?

3. How does Charley chase off the swarm that invades his hiding place?

4. What is the half-life of Selenium?

5. Why does Jack make his children drink the virus?

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