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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. Where is Gabrielle instructed to meet her NASA informant at the White House?
2. What is the name of the well-known oceanographer with a highly popular weekly television show?
3. What is the name of the doctor that is on a dog sled in the prologue?
4. What is Rachel's job at the White House?
5. Who takes the call for the president from Rachel when she calls from the submarine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rachel realize when she is shot with an ice bullet on the meteorite?
2. 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?
3. What does Marjorie Tench do to Rachel when she receives a call from her from the submarine just before the president's press conference?
4. How is Michael's belief of panspermia described in the book?
5. How does Michael's wife help him secure his weekly television show?
6. What is the nature of the material Rachel presents to the president's staff in Chapter 35?
7. How are the Delta Force described when they are first seen in the book?
8. How does Marjorie Tench explain the Space Commercialization Promotion Act to Gabrielle?
9. What does Ekstrom do after a NASA technician finds Dr. Ming's dead body?
10. How is Rachel's conversation with the president via a video link while on the Milne Ice Shelf described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the nature of the meteorite in the book. What purpose might the author have for centering the major conflict in the book around a meteorite?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Gabrielle and Senator Sexton's morals and overall outlook on politics in the book. What is telling of the natures of these two characters based on the revelation of their true ideals regarding politics in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Examine Rachel's fear of open water in the book. What purpose does the author have for giving one of the protagonists such a debilitating fear in the book?
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