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

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

3. What are Rachel and the others given once onboard the submarine to warm their bodies?
(a) A shot of adrenaline.
(b) Warm socks.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A blanket.

4. Who does Marjorie call just before the president's press conference?
(a) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(b) William Pickering.
(c) Sedgwick Sexton.
(d) Michael Tolland.

5. What is the name of the well-known oceanographer with a highly popular weekly television show?
(a) Wailee Ming.
(b) Michael Tolland.
(c) Corky Marlinson.
(d) Norah Mangor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes into Ming's eye that causes him to fall into the water and drown?

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

3. What is the name of the content editor for ABC who is a friend of Gabrielle?

4. What does Rachel develop a fear of as a child?

5. What does Rachel see the fossilized imprint of when she sees a sample of the meteorite?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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