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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 do the scientists see an obvious outline of in the extraction pit of the glacier after using the GPR?

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

3. How many men are in a storm tent and call themselves Delta?

4. What is the name of the act that Marjorie tells Gabrielle that would allow private companies to explore space?

5. Who tells the NASA technician that finds Dr. Ming's dead body to hide it until after the press conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yolanda react when Gabrielle tells her she wishes to go public with her affair with Senator Sexton?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character Rachel is one of the leads in the book and brings an interesting level of knowledge and depth to the book.

Part 1.) What role does Rachel's job as intelligence liaison to the White House play in her ability to stay alive in the book?

Part 2.) How is the author able to humanize Rachel's character by noting her fear of open water?

Part 3.) What impact might Rachel's difficult relationship with her father play in her survival instincts in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Politics plays an important role throughout the book and allows the author to impart factual information about the governmental system into the book.

Part 1.) What role do press conferences and the media play in the portrayal of politics in the book?

Part 2.) What is the nature of the author's portrayal of the presidential candidates Zackary Herney and Sedgwick Sexton?

Part 3.) What is telling of the true nature of politics based on Gabrielle's feelings towards them by the end of the book?

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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