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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. How many civilian scientists had President Herney enlisted to ensure NASA's discovery was accurate?

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

3. Where does Rachel meet with the president in Chapter 6?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the author's use of the storm as a metaphor in the book. In what way did the author relate the metaphor of a storm at both the Milne Ice Shelf and in Washington, D.C. in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of the Delta Force of the book. What about the Delta Force's missions in the book note the seriousness of the secret they were keeping and the power of the players involved?

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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