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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 the glacier that Rachel lands on in Chapter 16?

2. How long does Michael assume he and the others will survive after being blown into the ocean in Chapter 56?

3. What does Michael take from the sled to save him, Rachel and Corky?

4. What room in the White House is Gabrielle led to in Chapter 40?

5. What does Norah say did not pick up any change in density when testing the meteorite for salinity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of NASA in the book. What might the author be saying about the space program and its role in society based on its depiction in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the character Gabrielle in the book. In what way does Gabrielle's character grow throughout the course of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character Marjorie Tench in the book. In what way did the author purposefully create Marjorie as an unlikable and domineering character in the book? Why?

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