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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 is Rachel careful to give only when speaking with William Pickering on the phone in Chapter 71?
(a) Lies.
(b) Truth.
(c) The facts.
(d) Codes.

2. What does the Delta Force put down Norah's throat in Chapter 51?
(a) Poison.
(b) Water.
(c) Snow.
(d) A gun.

3. What is Gabrielle's reaction after hearing the president's press conference at ABC studios?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Stunned.
(d) Happy.

4. Where is Gabrielle instructed to meet her NASA informant at the White House?
(a) The South Door.
(b) The North Door.
(c) The West Gate.
(d) The East Gate

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Senator Sexton's campaign assistant?

4. How does the Delta Force describe the situation to the controller after the scientists realize salt water is around the meteorite?

5. Who does Ekstrom take a call from at the end of Chapter 75?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Michael's belief of panspermia described in the book?

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

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

10. 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?

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