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

2. What is the name of the doctor that is on a dog sled in the prologue?
(a) Charles Brophy.
(b) Corky Marlinson.
(c) Wailee Ming.
(d) Norah Mangor.

3. Who assumes they will die but begins hitting the ice with the blunt end of an ax after falling into the ocean on a glacier?
(a) Michael.
(b) Norah.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Corky.

4. Where is Gabriel heading at the end of Chapter 50?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) Her office.
(c) Senator Sexton's apartment.
(d) The White House.

5. What does the president wish Rachel to do for his staff when he speaks with her over video link?
(a) Lie to them.
(b) Encourage them.
(c) Brief them.
(d) Impress them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel believe NASA has discovered evidence of in Chapter 11?

2. Where is Rachel meeting her father for dinner in Chapter 1?

3. What does Rachel have in her pocket that will tell the truth about the meteorite if they die in the ocean?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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