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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) A restaurant.
(d) The movies.

2. What does the person using the ax on the ice hope to send a message to?
(a) Someone on the glacier.
(b) NRO's oceanic listening system.
(c) Nearby boats.
(d) Underwater divers.

3. What does Ming try to get that causes him to fall in the water?
(a) A water sample.
(b) He jumps into the water.
(c) A closer look.
(d) A picture.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who tells Gabrielle that she has been providing her with the NASA data she was giving to Senator Sexton?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Yolanda react when Gabrielle tells her she wishes to go public with her affair with Senator Sexton?

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

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

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

6. How does Gabrielle get into Senator Sexton's apartment during his meeting with the private space companies?

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

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

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

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

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