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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the team think they see outside of the facility when they are eating dinner?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) A man.

2. Who keeps trying to kiss Jack in order to spread the nanos?
(a) Ricky.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Mae.
(d) Julia.

3. Which character does Jack save from the swarm in the desert?
(a) David.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Charley.
(d) Mae.

4. Why does Jack get angry with Julia and Ricky on Day 7?
(a) Because he thinks they are messing with him.
(b) Because he finds out they were having an affair.
(c) Because they lock him in his room.
(d) Because they are jealous of his relationship with Mae.

5. What stage does Jack think that nanotechnology is still in?
(a) The Kitty Hawk stage.
(b) The WWII stage.
(c) The year 2000 stage.
(d) The Da Vinci stage.

6. Why does Jack not believe Ricky when he first tells him that Xymos has created assemblers capable of creating molecules?
(a) Because the process is too daunting and impossible to be real.
(b) Because the process has not yet been researched.
(c) Because the process is unknown to all but a few.
(d) Because the process is impossible.

7. Who shares Jack's hiding spot with him when the team gets stuck outside the isotope storage unit?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Charley.
(c) Ricky.
(d) Mae.

8. Why did Xymos and MediaTronics choose the bacteria type they did for manufacturing?
(a) Because it is cheap to grow.
(b) Because it is fast to grow.
(c) Because it is easy to grow.
(d) Because it is difficult to grow.

9. Why does Jack refuse to call the Army or the Pentagon about the runaway swarms?
(a) Because the company would lose funding.
(b) Because the company would get too many contracts.
(c) Because the company would look bad.
(d) Because there is not enough time.

10. How does Jack feel when he learns the truth about the Xymos manufacturing process?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Sad.
(d) Surprised.

11. Which two people stay behind when the team goes to retrieve the isotopes?
(a) Jack and Julia.
(b) Ricky and Bobby.
(c) Rosie and Mae.
(d) Mae and Ricky.

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

13. How is the swarm able to hear?
(a) It has auditory sensors.
(b) It can read low frequencies.
(c) It can detect rhythmic patterns in breathing.
(d) It is not able to hear.

14. The feedstock Xymos uses in their fabrication process is actually what?
(a) Chemically created material.
(b) Human material.
(c) Trash metal.
(d) Raw organic material.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of assemblers does Xymos use in their fabrication process?

2. Who begs Jack to save the children?

3. Which of the characters is the only one with real field experience?

4. Why does Ricky say he locks the door to Jack's room?

5. What does Jack suspect Ricky of doing?

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