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WorksheetsSphere - Michael Crichton
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the study that Norman Johnson (the psychologist) had conducted for the U.S. government, concerning the 'optimal composition of a crash-site team to confront an alien invader'?
a)
ULF
b)
ETI
c)
AIE
d)
UHF
2.
Which member of the team had not been proposed by Norman in his original report?
a)
Arthur Levine
b)
Theodore Fielding
c)
Elizabeth Halpern
d)
Harold Adams
3.
What is the maximum time that the team could stay underwater in the habitat?
a)
72 hours
b)
48 hours
c)
36 hours
d)
96 hours
4.
What did the probe reveal about the underwater spacecraft that Harry already knew and Barnes suspected?
a)
it was American
b)
the air inside was toxic to humans
c)
it had arrived at least 300 years ago
d)
the aliens inside were still alive
5.
When the team enters the spaceship they discover a date stamped into the plastic near a keyboard in one of the rooms. What date was it?
a)
52448
b)
51594
c)
48166
d)
50427
6.
When the team returns to the underwater habitat, Norman learns from Tina, a Navy crew member, something Harry had asked her about earlier. What was it?
a)
making out his will
b)
going back to the surface earlier
c)
bringing weapons down to the habitat
d)
bringing some of his colleagues down to the habitat
7.
When the team first find the sphere, and the strange patterns on the back of it, what color is it?
a)
silver
b)
gold
c)
white
d)
green
8.
Ted and Harry believe that the spacecraft went through a black hole, which is why it arrived in the past. Where was this black hole located?
a)
just outside the solar system
b)
7 light years away
c)
beween Jupiter and Saturn
d)
between Mercury and the Sun
9.
Edmunds, another Navy crew member, is killed outside the habitat by what?
a)
jellyfish
b)
sharks
c)
giant squid
d)
squid
10.
The message the team receives from the entity 'Jerry' is found by taking a keyboard and turning it into what shape?
a)
a spiral
b)
a triangle
c)
a square
d)
a sphere
11.
During an argument, Captain Barnes reveals how much this project is costing the Navy. About how much does 'a deep-placement, saturated gas environment with full support' cost per hour, according to Barnes?
a)
100000
b)
75000
c)
50000
d)
200000
12.
The habitat is attacked by what giant sea creature, similar to the one in the Jules Verne book '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'?
a)
squid
b)
octopus
c)
blue whale
d)
shark
13.
What power does the sphere give you when you go into it?
a)
the power to make things happen by thinking of them
b)
the power of mind control
c)
the power to read minds
d)
the power of immortality
14.
Near the end Beth, Norman, and Harry all get into the small submarine and head for the surface quickly. What danger are they trying to escape?
a)
explosives
b)
Jerry
c)
giant squid
d)
jellyfish
15.
True or false: At the end of the book, at least two surviving team members (Harry and Norman) choose to forget that they ever saw the sphere.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Where does this story take place?
a)
The middle of the South Pacific
b)
The middle of the North Atlantic.
c)
Off the coast of Africa.
d)
Lake Michigan.
17.
Who is the first to enter the sphere?
a)
Harry
b)
Barnes
c)
Tina
d)
Beth
18.
Who is engulfed into the seat when they first enter the spacecraft?
a)
Norman
b)
Beth
c)
Barnes
d)
Harry
19.
Who is being flown in on a helicopter in the beginning of the novel?
a)
Norman
b)
Arthur
c)
Beth
d)
Harold
20.
Who was the astrophysicist among them?
a)
Theodore Fielding
b)
Elizabeth Halpern
c)
Arthur Levine
d)
Tina Chan
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