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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Senator Sexton's main complaint regarding NASA?
(a) Their lies.
(b) Their overspending.
(c) Their failure.
(d) Their secrecy.

2. Who does Ekstrom take a call from at the end of Chapter 75?
(a) William Pickering.
(b) The president.
(c) Michael Tolland.
(d) Marjorie Tench.

3. What do the scientists see an obvious outline of in the extraction pit of the glacier after using the GPR?
(a) A snake.
(b) A human body.
(c) A dog.
(d) A sled.

4. According to the president during his press conference, how old is the meteorite?
(a) 100 million years.
(b) 75 million years.
(c) 50 million years.
(d) 190 million years.

5. Who tells Pickering that the meteorite is definitely real during a phone conversation with him on the submarine?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Norah.
(c) Corky.
(d) Michael.

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

7. What is Rachel careful to give only when speaking with William Pickering on the phone in Chapter 71?
(a) The facts.
(b) Lies.
(c) Truth.
(d) Codes.

8. What does the president want to know if Rachel shares her father's poor opinion of during their first meeting?
(a) Space exploration.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Education.

9. What have the Delta Force been authorized to protect regarding the Milne Ice Shelf?
(a) Its lies.
(b) Its composition.
(c) Its secrets.
(d) Its location.

10. How many men are in a storm tent and call themselves Delta?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

11. Who takes the call for the president from Rachel when she calls from the submarine?
(a) William Pickering.
(b) Gabrielle Ashe.
(c) Marjorie Trench.
(d) Sedgwick Sexton.

12. What does Rachel say would be hurt for the meteorite discovery if one part of the findings comes into question?
(a) The funding.
(b) Its credibility.
(c) Its honesty.
(d) The positive impact.

13. What does the person using the ax on the ice hope to send a message to?
(a) NRO's oceanic listening system.
(b) Nearby boats.
(c) Underwater divers.
(d) Someone on the glacier.

14. Who does Marjorie call just before the president's press conference?
(a) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(b) Sedgwick Sexton.
(c) Michael Tolland.
(d) William Pickering.

15. What are Rachel and the others given once onboard the submarine to warm their bodies?
(a) Warm socks.
(b) A blanket.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A shot of adrenaline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room in the White House is Gabrielle led to in Chapter 40?

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

3. What is the name of Senator Sexton's campaign assistant?

4. What is the name of the well-known oceanographer with a highly popular weekly television show?

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

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