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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the act that Marjorie tells Gabrielle that would allow private companies to explore space?
(a) Space Provisions Act.
(b) Space Privatization Act.
(c) The Space Commercialization Promotions Act.
(d) Private Space Act.

2. 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.

3. How many feet thick is the ice shelf attached to the glacier where the meteorite was found?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

4. What is Gabrielle's reaction after hearing the president's press conference at ABC studios?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Stunned.
(d) Happy.

5. What does Rachel realize she has been shot with when the Delta Force attacks her and the scientists at the Milne Ice Shelf?
(a) Lasers.
(b) Ice bullets.
(c) Daggers.
(d) Metal bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Rachel and the others given once onboard the submarine to warm their bodies?

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

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

4. Who does Rachel tell Pickering to alert about the false meteorite during their phone conversation aboard the submarine?

5. How many men are in a storm tent and call themselves Delta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ekstrom do after a NASA technician finds Dr. Ming's dead body?

2. How do Michael and Corky describe how to distinguish a meteorite to Rachel?

3. What is the nature of Ekstrom and Marjorie Tench's phone conversation in Chapter 75?

4. What happens when Gabrielle goes to the East Gate of the White House for a meeting?

5. What does Rachel do aboard the USS Charlotte when she realizes the president is about to have his press conference?

6. What do the scientists and Rachel discover on the GPR printout of the meteorite?

7. How does Rachel send a message to the NRO while in frozen water?

8. How is the Delta Force's mission described in Chapter 15?

9. What does Rachel realize when she is shot with an ice bullet on the meteorite?

10. How are the Delta Force described when they are first seen in the book?

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