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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 is the name of Michael's wife who passed away from cancer?

2. Who is Gabrielle greeted by for her meeting at the White House?

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

4. In what year do the scientists believe the meteorite to have fallen?

5. What is the name of the NASA administrator who greets Rachel at the glacier?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the conversation between the president and Marjorie Tench when she suggests going to a CNN debate with Sexton instead of him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of the Delta Force of the book. What about the Delta Force's missions in the book note the seriousness of the secret they were keeping and the power of the players involved?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The character Rachel is one of the leads in the book and brings an interesting level of knowledge and depth to the book.

Part 1.) What role does Rachel's job as intelligence liaison to the White House play in her ability to stay alive in the book?

Part 2.) How is the author able to humanize Rachel's character by noting her fear of open water?

Part 3.) What impact might Rachel's difficult relationship with her father play in her survival instincts in the book?

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