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

2. How many civilian scientists had President Herney enlisted to ensure NASA's discovery was accurate?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

4. Who takes the call for the president from Rachel when she calls from the submarine?
(a) Gabrielle Ashe.
(b) William Pickering.
(c) Sedgwick Sexton.
(d) Marjorie Trench.

5. What had the president done just after a meeting with NASA the previous week according to Senator Sexton and Gabrielle's conversation?
(a) Jammed his schedule.
(b) Booked a vacation.
(c) Cleared his schedule.
(d) Went into hiding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Gabrielle's reaction after hearing the president's press conference at ABC studios?

3. Who tells Pickering that the meteorite is definitely real during a phone conversation with him on the submarine?

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

5. How many feet thick is the ice shelf attached to the glacier where the meteorite was found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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