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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rachel develop a fear of as a child?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Crowds.
(c) Heights.
(d) Open water.

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

4. What does Michael take from the sled to save him, Rachel and Corky?
(a) A Mylar fabric balloon.
(b) A parachute.
(c) A gun.
(d) A sled.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Norah say did not pick up any change in density when testing the meteorite for salinity?
(a) HIWS.
(b) SPOE.
(c) RIDS.
(d) PODS.

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

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

12. 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) Norah.
(d) Michael.

13. How long does Michael assume he and the others will survive after being blown into the ocean in Chapter 56?
(a) An hour.
(b) 20-30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 30-40 minutes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that the sight of the submarine approaching them in the water was a hallucination?

2. What does Sexton promise he will do once he is in the White House to the men from the private agencies in his apartment?

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

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

5. According to the president during his press conference, how old is the meteorite?

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