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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What haunts Gavin Blaire most about seeing the people panicked on the highway?
(a) That they had no destination.
(b) The sound of the people's screaming.
(c) That they thought the outbreak was under control.
(d) The sight of the people fleeing in terror.

2. What was one diagnosis for the outbreak early on?
(a) An extreme form of skin cancer.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Celiac Disease.
(d) Rabies.

3. To where did Breckinridge Scott escape to live in solitude?
(a) Russia.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Mongolia.

4. Why is Philip Adler unable to keep his promise to himself about Lang?
(a) Lang was sent to a psychiatric facility.
(b) Lang quit his job.
(c) Lang was court-marshalled by other soldiers.
(d) Lang killed himself.

5. How did the Redeker Plan begin?
(a) The consolidation of all doctors to a safe zone.
(b) The consolidation of all government officials to a safe zone.
(c) The consolidation of rich civilians to a safe zone.
(d) The consolidation of military forces to a safe zone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kwang Jingshu located at the end of the novel?

2. What illness did Breckinridge Scott's vaccine claim to cure?

3. Where does the narrator meet Todd Wainio?

4. What does Sardar Khanin see crawling all over people on a Himalayan road?

5. What does Mrs. Miller hope the lasting legacy to her children will be?

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