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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25 | Chapters 26-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the president of the United States in the book?
(a) William Pickering.
(b) Zackary Herney.
(c) Charles Brophy.
(d) Sedgwick Sexton.

2. What is the name of Senator Sexton's campaign assistant?
(a) Norah Mangor.
(b) Rachel Sexton.
(c) Marjorie Tench.
(d) Gabrielle Ashe.

3. In what year do the scientists believe the meteorite to have fallen?
(a) 1654.
(b) 1716.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1820.

4. What is the name of the glacier that Rachel lands on in Chapter 16?
(a) The Tundra.
(b) The North Pole.
(c) The Milne Ice Shelf.
(d) The Great Glacier.

5. At how many feet is the helicopter when the doctor and his dogs are pushed out in the prologue?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rachel's job at the White House?

2. What is name of Rachel's boss?

3. What had the president done just after a meeting with NASA the previous week according to Senator Sexton and Gabrielle's conversation?

4. What is Senator Sexton's main complaint regarding NASA?

5. What is the name of the world-renowned astrophysicist hired by the president to verify the meteorite?

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