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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. Where does Rachel meet with the president in Chapter 6?
(a) The Oval Office.
(b) Air Force One.
(c) The movies.
(d) A restaurant.

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

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

4. What does an inside source tell Yolanda that the president's press conference is related to in Chapter 65?
(a) Taxes.
(b) NASA.
(c) An affair.
(d) Resignation.

5. What does Delta One throw at Rachel and the others that makes the glacier break away and drop in the ocean?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A machine gun.
(c) A flash-bang grenade.
(d) A missile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Marjorie call just before the president's press conference?

2. What is the name of the act that Marjorie tells Gabrielle that would allow private companies to explore space?

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

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

5. What is the name of Senator Sexton's campaign assistant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Michael's belief of panspermia described in the book?

6. What does Marjorie Tench do to Rachel when she receives a call from her from the submarine just before the president's press conference?

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

8. How does Marjorie Tench explain the Space Commercialization Promotion Act to Gabrielle?

9. Describe the conversation between the president and Marjorie Tench when she suggests going to a CNN debate with Sexton instead of him?

10. How does Michael help Rachel and Corky escape the Delta Force on the meteorite?

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