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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. How long does the president say he has known about the meteorite and waited to reveal the news during his press conference?
(a) A year.
(b) A week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A month.

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

3. What percentage of salinity does Norah discover the water around the meteorite had in Chapter 41?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

5. Who does Rachel tell Pickering to alert about the false meteorite during their phone conversation aboard the submarine?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The White House.
(c) The IRS.
(d) The CIA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the world-renowned astrophysicist hired by the president to verify the meteorite?

2. What is Rachel careful to give only when speaking with William Pickering on the phone in Chapter 71?

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

4. Who does Senator Sexton not blame after the president has made his announcement about the meteorite discovery in a press conference?

5. What does Rachel realize she has been shot with when the Delta Force attacks her and the scientists at the Milne Ice Shelf?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

2. How does Michael's wife help him secure his weekly television show?

3. How is Rachel's conversation with the president via a video link while on the Milne Ice Shelf described?

4. What is the nature of the material Rachel presents to the president's staff in Chapter 35?

5. How are Rachel, Michael, and Corky rescued from the Arctic Ocean in Chapter 61?

6. How does Senator Sexton receive the classified information regarding NASA that he uses to discredit his opponents?

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

8. What is the nature of Rachel's visit with the president aboard Air Force One?

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

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

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