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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 Delta Force jam as they approach the Goya?

2. What state is Michael's research center off the coast of?

3. What does Senator Sexton make out of Rachel's fax for a press conference?

4. What does Michael say is the name of the cyclone of warm water that is under the Goya?

5. Who does the president recall attempted to help him by exposing Senator Sexton's affair months before but that he refused?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between Gabrielle and Senator Sexton when he calls her on her cell phone at ABC studios.

2. What does Gabrielle say to Chris Harper when she goes into his office at NASA?

3. How does Michael capture Delta Three?

4. How does Michael use the Triton to defend himself against the Delta Force?

5. How does Rachel escape the Triton with Michael's help after it sinks?

6. What can't Michael open the hatch of the Triton after it sinks with Rachel in it?

7. What is the nature of Xavia's phone message to Michael in Chapter 91?

8. Why does William Pickering tell Rachel he is lying about the meteorite when he reveals himself as the controller?

9. How is the megaplume that Rachel and the others see at the Goya described?

10. How does Xavia describe the reason Michael's statement about the chondrules on the meteorite were false?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character Gabrielle in the book. In what way does Gabrielle's character grow throughout the course of the book?

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