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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Tench give Gabrielle to decide to come public with her affair with Senator Sexton?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 5 p.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) 8 p.m.

2. Who does Senator Sexton not blame after the president has made his announcement about the meteorite discovery in a press conference?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Marjorie Tench.
(c) The president.
(d) Gabrielle.

3. What does the Delta Force put down Norah's throat in Chapter 51?
(a) Poison.
(b) Water.
(c) Snow.
(d) A gun.

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

5. Who assumes they will die but begins hitting the ice with the blunt end of an ax after falling into the ocean on a glacier?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Corky.
(c) Michael.
(d) Norah.

6. 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.

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

8. Who tells the NASA technician that finds Dr. Ming's dead body to hide it until after the press conference?
(a) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(b) The president.
(c) William Pickering.
(d) Michael Tolland.

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

10. Who notices Marjorie acting angrily on the phone just before the president's press conference?
(a) Michael.
(b) William Pickering.
(c) The president.
(d) Rachel.

11. Where is Rachel shot when the Delta Force attacks her and the scientists at the Milne Ice Shelf?
(a) The arm.
(b) The leg.
(c) The neck.
(d) The stomach.

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

13. 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.

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

15. What is the name of the content editor for ABC who is a friend of Gabrielle?
(a) Celia Ekstrom.
(b) Norah Mangor.
(c) Yolanda Cole.
(d) Michael Tolland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabrielle's friend say she is most concerned about regarding Gabrielle's decision to come forward with her affair with Senator Sexton?

2. What does Michael take from the sled to save him, Rachel and Corky?

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

4. What is the name of the captain of the USS Charlotte?

5. What does Rachel tell the president's staff about the information she will tell them?

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