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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 does Rachel develop a fear of as a child?

2. What logos does Gabrielle see on the briefcases and jackets in Senator Sexton's apartment while he is meeting with them?

3. What is the name of the paleontologist hired by the president to verify the meteorite?

4. What is the name of the doctor that is on a dog sled in the prologue?

5. What does the president wish Rachel to do for his staff when he speaks with her over video link?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How are Rachel, Michael, and Corky rescued from the Arctic Ocean in Chapter 61?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, the controller has literally been in control of every action that has taken place in the book.

Part 1.) What impact does the controller have on the Delta Force's actions in the book?

Part 2.) What purpose did the author have for having a hidden controller present throughout the entire book?

Part 3.) What is telling about the nature of government conspiracy in the book based on the reveal of William Pickering as the controller?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's purpose for the story coming full circle at the end of the book. What is the likelihood that the author uses the epilogue as a way to insinuate that something like the meteorite hoax could occur again in the future?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of President Zackary Herney in the book. In what way does the author create doubt about the goodness of the president in comparison to Senator Sexton?

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