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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator interviews Paul Redeker, what number novel is he writing?
(a) His third.
(b) His second.
(c) His fifth.
(d) His first.

2. Why did Breckinridge Scott develop a vaccine?
(a) To make money.
(b) To show his patriotism.
(c) To cure people.
(d) To continue research already in progress.

3. Why did thousands on the boats die, according to Ajay Shah?
(a) The people aboard became infected.
(b) The ships were attacked by military submarines.
(c) Infected people climbed aboard vessels and killed everyone.
(d) The ships sank because there were too many people aboard.

4. What illness did Breckinridge Scott's vaccine claim to cure?
(a) Celiac disease.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Rabies.

5. What is the term given to the twelve-year-old boy believed to be the first human infected?
(a) Ground Zero.
(b) Patient Zero.
(c) Patient One.
(d) The Epicenter.

6. Who shoots Jacob Nyathi as he tries to escape during a panic?
(a) He doesn't know who shot him.
(b) The US Army.
(c) The police.
(d) A mugger.

7. Where is Mary Jo Miller during her first encounter with the infected?
(a) Her home.
(b) At work.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) On the street.

8. Who are the Feral Children?
(a) Children whose parents were military and killed in combat.
(b) Children who were born with the illness.
(c) Children who ran away during the outbreak.
(d) Children who were orphaned in the outbreak.

9. What happens to the infected in cold weather?
(a) They reanimate.
(b) They die.
(c) They freeze.
(d) Nothing.

10. During the Panic, what was T. Sean Collins's job?
(a) He was a chauffeur.
(b) He was a mercenary.
(c) He was a reporter.
(d) He was a pilot.

11. How was the twelve-year-old boy infected?
(a) He was bitten while fishing.
(b) He was bitten while hunting.
(c) He was born infected, but the illness remained dormant for twelve years.
(d) He ate infected meat.

12. What is the likely explanation given for reanimated bodies with no bite marks?
(a) Women who were pregnant when they became infected, passing it to their babies.
(b) The wounds healed before the infection showed symptoms.
(c) Blood transfusions.
(d) Illegal organ transplants.

13. How does Jurgen Warmbrunn learn about the outbreak?
(a) An article in a conspiracy theorist e-magazine.
(b) Visual images from German spy satellites.
(c) Intercepted Chinese intelligence reports.
(d) Taiwanese groups trying to decode Russian messages.

14. According to Ahmed Farahnakian, who spoiled Iran's recovery plan?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Israel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Saladin Kader escape?

2. What is the name of the man who also contributes his name to Warmbrunn's plan?

3. Who does Mary Jo Miller free from being pulled out the window by the infected?

4. Why was T. Sean Collins in Long Island during the Panic?

5. Why did the U.S. CIA miss the disease in China?

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