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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Rachel meeting her father for dinner in Chapter 1?
(a) Boston.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

2. What is the name of the NASA administrator who greets Rachel at the glacier?
(a) Zachary Herney.
(b) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(c) Corky Marlinson.
(d) William Pickering.

3. What is the name of the doctor that is on a dog sled in the prologue?
(a) Norah Mangor.
(b) Charles Brophy.
(c) Corky Marlinson.
(d) Wailee Ming.

4. What does Ming realize is breaking away when he feels a large vibration beneath his feet in the habisphere?
(a) The glacier.
(b) The sky.
(c) The meteorite.
(d) The habisphere.

5. What does Rachel believe NASA has discovered evidence of in Chapter 11?
(a) A new planet.
(b) Extra-terrestrial life.
(c) Terrorist threat.
(d) A space ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ice samples had Norah taken of the meteorite to confirm it was fresh water?

2. In what year do the scientists believe the meteorite to have fallen?

3. How many feet thick is the ice shelf attached to the glacier where the meteorite was found?

4. What is the name of the glacier that Rachel lands on in Chapter 16?

5. What does Rachel see the fossilized imprint of when she sees a sample of the meteorite?

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