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

2. What does Rachel tell the president's staff about the information she will tell them?
(a) It will be sketchy.
(b) It is true and unbiased.
(c) It will be quick.
(d) It is honest.

3. At how many feet is the helicopter when the doctor and his dogs are pushed out in the prologue?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 2,000.

4. How many men are in a storm tent and call themselves Delta?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. How long does Michael assume he and the others will survive after being blown into the ocean in Chapter 56?
(a) 20-30 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) An hour.
(d) 30-40 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Ming realize is breaking away when he feels a large vibration beneath his feet in the habisphere?

4. What is Rachel's job at the White House?

5. Where does Rachel meet with the president in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

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

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. What two reasons does Norah give Rachel for disagreeing with her explanation for PODS not being sensitive enough to pick up saltwater around the glacier?

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

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

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

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