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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. Who does Ekstrom take a call from at the end of Chapter 75?

2. What does Rachel tell the president's staff about the information she will tell them?

3. What does Rachel believe NASA has discovered evidence of in Chapter 11?

4. What is Rachel's job at the White House?

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

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

3. How does Rachel send a message to the NRO while in frozen water?

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

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

6. Why does Pickering tell Rachel to wait to tell the president about her findings on the meteorite when she calls him aboard the USS Charlotte?

7. How does Gabrielle get into Senator Sexton's apartment during his meeting with the private space companies?

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

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

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 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

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 3

Compare and contrast Rachel with her father Senator Sexton in the book. What is telling of the impact Rachel's mother played in her life based on her differences from her father in the book?

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