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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of salinity does Norah discover the water around the meteorite had in Chapter 41?

2. What does the Delta Force put down Norah's throat in Chapter 51?

3. What does Rachel realize she has been shot with when the Delta Force attacks her and the scientists at the Milne Ice Shelf?

4. What is the name of the captain of the USS Charlotte?

5. What have the Delta Force been authorized to protect regarding the Milne Ice Shelf?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the material Rachel presents to the president's staff in Chapter 35?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's use of misdirection in the book. What purpose does the author have for creating misdirection with negative characters like Marjorie Tench and Lawrence Ekstrom?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of a prologue and epilogue in the book. What information is added to and left up to the reader with the use of this method?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of the storm as a metaphor in the book. In what way did the author relate the metaphor of a storm at both the Milne Ice Shelf and in Washington, D.C. in the book?

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