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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gabrielle use to gain entry into Senator Sexton's apartment while he is meeting with private investors?
(a) Money.
(b) Rachel.
(c) A gun.
(d) The envelope Tench gave her.

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

3. What is name of Rachel's boss?
(a) Zachary Herney.
(b) Yolanda Cole.
(c) William Pickering
(d) Michael Tolland.

4. What does Tench believe will just be a bonus to ensure Herney wins the presidency?
(a) The meteorite finding.
(b) Gabrielle admitting her affair with Sexton.
(c) Sexton taking bribes.
(d) Rachel dying.

5. Who tells Gabrielle that she has been providing her with the NASA data she was giving to Senator Sexton?
(a) Marjorie Tench.
(b) Sedgwick Sexton.
(c) Zachary Herney.
(d) William Pickering.

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

7. How does the Delta Force describe the situation to the controller after the scientists realize salt water is around the meteorite?
(a) A major flaw.
(b) An error.
(c) A serious problem.
(d) A small obstacle.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Sexton promise he will do once he is in the White House to the men from the private agencies in his apartment?
(a) Open space exploration to private companies.
(b) Fire Gabrielle.
(c) Increase taxes.
(d) Close down NASA.

13. What is Rachel's job at the White House?
(a) Cabinet member.
(b) Cleaning lady.
(c) Intelligence liaison.
(d) Press agent.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delta One throw at Rachel and the others that makes the glacier break away and drop in the ocean?

2. What is Gabrielle's reaction after hearing the president's press conference at ABC studios?

3. What do the scientists see an obvious outline of in the extraction pit of the glacier after using the GPR?

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

5. How does Rachel describe the news of the meteorite?

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