Invasion

1. Who are the main characters? Pitt- Undergrad in med at University Cassy- student teacher, Beau's girlfriend and Pitt's ex Beau- Ambitious workaholic, first and leader of the infected Dr. Sheila Miller- Doctor at University who assists in discovering cure Jonathon- student in high school who's good with computers Nancy- Jonathon's mother who is a virologist but later gets infected Jesse- Police officer who leads escapes and evacuations until he gets sucked into black hole Harlan- hermit doctor who works in an old lab and later helps discover cure for the mass infection

2. What happens to Beau when he picks up the rock? He gets stung by a micro needle.

3. How does the infection operate? It gives the host flu-like symptoms, and once they recover they "assimilate" in a collective alien conscience. The black disks which cause the infection inject a protein that awakens a DNA strand and activates the change

4. What happened to Beau after he recovered? He became more open and outgoing, much more physically fit, and eventually started metamorphosing into a reptilian creature

5. Where does Pitt's group stay to avoid the infected? A cabin Jesse owns with electricity and water.

6. Who was Charlie Arnold and what happened to him? He was a janitor cleaning Beau's room when a black disk burned a hole in his hand and killed him while creating a black hole in the room.

7. Who was Eugene and what happened to him? Eugene was a physics professor at the University and Jonathon's father. He was later sucked into a black hole.

8. Where do all the infected go? To the "Institute of New Beginnings" in Santa Fe

9. What do they do there? They work on an intergalactic transporter called the Gateway

10. Who does Beau assimilate in order to get his assets? Randy Nite, billionaire owner of Cipher, a software company

11. What counter virus helps eliminate the alien strain? Harlan found that the common cold, once taken, would counteract the alien symptoms.

12. What does Beau get after his infection? He gets King, a mastiff, whom he infects and subsequently, who follows Beau around.

13. Where do Nancy and Sheila go to get help? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, but the doctors there are infected and so they fail.

14. What happens to people with chronic diseases who get infected? The virus is "cleansing" the gene pool, so it kills off any with chronic diseases like diabetes or hemophilia