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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 Ming try to get that causes him to fall in the water?

2. According to the controller, in how many hours does will important information would go public in Chapter 15?

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

4. How many ice samples had Norah taken of the meteorite to confirm it was fresh water?

5. What is the name of the president of the United States in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Gabrielle goes to the East Gate of the White House for a meeting?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Examine the role of Michael in the book. What reason might the author have for making Michael a protagonist in the book?

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