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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. How many feet thick is the ice shelf attached to the glacier where the meteorite was found?
(a) 200.
(b) 50.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

2. Where is Rachel meeting her father for dinner in Chapter 1?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

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

4. What does Gabrielle use to gain entry into Senator Sexton's apartment while he is meeting with private investors?
(a) The envelope Tench gave her.
(b) A gun.
(c) Money.
(d) Rachel.

5. What is the name of the act that Marjorie tells Gabrielle that would allow private companies to explore space?
(a) Private Space Act.
(b) Space Privatization Act.
(c) Space Provisions Act.
(d) The Space Commercialization Promotions Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rachel careful to give only when speaking with William Pickering on the phone in Chapter 71?

2. What does an inside source tell Yolanda that the president's press conference is related to in Chapter 65?

3. At how many feet is the helicopter when the doctor and his dogs are pushed out in the prologue?

4. What is the name of the submarine that rescues Rachel, Michael, and Corky form the ocean in Chapter 61?

5. Who does Senator Sexton not blame after the president has made his announcement about the meteorite discovery in a press conference?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Pickering tell Rachel to wait to tell the president about her findings on the meteorite when she calls him aboard the USS Charlotte?

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

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

5. What does Ekstrom do after a NASA technician finds Dr. Ming's dead body?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Marjorie Tench do to Rachel when she receives a call from her from the submarine just before the president's press conference?

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