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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What goes into Ming's eye that causes him to fall into the water and drown?
(a) Water.
(b) A spear.
(c) Dust.
(d) The microbot.

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

4. What is the name of the world-renowned astrophysicist hired by the president to verify the meteorite?
(a) Wailee Ming.
(b) Michael Tolland.
(c) Corky Marlinson.
(d) Norah Mangor.

5. What room in the White House is Gabrielle led to in Chapter 40?
(a) Lincoln's bedroom.
(b) The map room.
(c) The Green Room.
(d) The Oval Office.

6. Who believes that the sight of the submarine approaching them in the water was a hallucination?
(a) Corky.
(b) Norah.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Michael.

7. What does GPR stand for that is used by the scientists to see if the glacier has saltwater?
(a) Ground Penetrating Radar.
(b) Ground Probing Radar.
(c) Great Penetrating Radar.
(d) Gentle Probing Redactor.

8. What is the name of the submarine that rescues Rachel, Michael, and Corky form the ocean in Chapter 61?
(a) USS Sparta.
(b) USS Charlotte.
(c) USS Alabama.
(d) USS Louise.

9. According to the controller, in how many hours does will important information would go public in Chapter 15?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

11. Where is Gabriel heading at the end of Chapter 50?
(a) The White House.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) Senator Sexton's apartment.
(d) Her office.

12. How does Rachel describe the news of the meteorite?
(a) Boldest.
(b) Saddest.
(c) Weirdest.
(d) Most exciting.

13. What does Gabrielle's friend say she is most concerned about regarding Gabrielle's decision to come forward with her affair with Senator Sexton?
(a) Gabrielle's well-being.
(b) The Senator.
(c) Herself.
(d) The presidential race.

14. How long does the president say he has known about the meteorite and waited to reveal the news during his press conference?
(a) A month.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) Two weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Delta Force been authorized to protect regarding the Milne Ice Shelf?

2. Who is Gabrielle greeted by for her meeting at the White House?

3. How long does Michael assume he and the others will survive after being blown into the ocean in Chapter 56?

4. What is the name of the paleontologist hired by the president to verify the meteorite?

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

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