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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 Norah say did not pick up any change in density when testing the meteorite for salinity?
(a) HIWS.
(b) SPOE.
(c) RIDS.
(d) PODS.

2. What is the name of the paleontologist hired by the president to verify the meteorite?
(a) Norah Mangor.
(b) Michael Tolland.
(c) Wailee Ming.
(d) Corky Marlinson.

3. Who tells Gabrielle that she has been providing her with the NASA data she was giving to Senator Sexton?
(a) William Pickering.
(b) Sedgwick Sexton.
(c) Zachary Herney.
(d) Marjorie Tench.

4. Who tells Pickering that the meteorite is definitely real during a phone conversation with him on the submarine?
(a) Norah.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Corky.
(d) Michael.

5. What does Michael take from the sled to save him, Rachel and Corky?
(a) A Mylar fabric balloon.
(b) A gun.
(c) A parachute.
(d) A sled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gabrielle use to gain entry into Senator Sexton's apartment while he is meeting with private investors?

3. What does Rachel say would be hurt for the meteorite discovery if one part of the findings comes into question?

4. What does GPR stand for that is used by the scientists to see if the glacier has saltwater?

5. What room in the White House is Gabrielle led to in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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