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

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

3. What is the name of the content editor for ABC who is a friend of Gabrielle?
(a) Michael Tolland.
(b) Celia Ekstrom.
(c) Yolanda Cole.
(d) Norah Mangor.

4. What goes into Ming's eye that causes him to fall into the water and drown?
(a) The microbot.
(b) Dust.
(c) A spear.
(d) Water.

5. What is the name of the NASA administrator who greets Rachel at the glacier?
(a) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(b) Zachary Herney.
(c) Corky Marlinson.
(d) William Pickering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Rachel describe the news of the meteorite?

3. How long does the president say he has known about the meteorite and waited to reveal the news during his press conference?

4. Who tells Gabrielle that she has been providing her with the NASA data she was giving to Senator Sexton?

5. What does Sexton promise he will do once he is in the White House to the men from the private agencies in his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Gabrielle get into Senator Sexton's apartment during his meeting with the private space companies?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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