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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 goes into Ming's eye that causes him to fall into the water and drown?

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

3. What does the person using the ax on the ice hope to send a message to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

True to its title, the book does a good job of deceiving the readers leading them down many paths with no real truth and honesty found.

Part 1.) How does the author deceive the reader with characters like Marjorie Tench and Lawrence Ekstrom who seemed motivated to falsify the meteorite finding?

Part 2.) How does the author present several levels of deception in the book with the inclusion of Senator Sexton's bribery scheme?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the nature of politics and power based on his portrayal of deception 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

Discuss the nature of the meteorite in the book. What purpose might the author have for centering the major conflict in the book around a meteorite?

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