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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 is the Delta Force planning to do to a prominent American official when boarding a Kiowa helicopter?

2. Who finds Rachel's fax about the meteorite hoax in Chapter 125?

3. What do Xavia and Corky discover about the meteorite after testing the chondrules on the Goya?

4. What does a rock placed behind the ECE become after the engine has started according to Rachel?

5. What creates a light that allows Michael to see Rachel and rescue her after she escapes the Triton?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Michael capture Delta Three?

4. How are Rachel and Michael described at the White House in Chapter 133?

5. What are the contents of the envelopes Senator Sexton hands out to the media during his press conference?

6. How are the controller's feelings regarding the dead body count to protect his secret described?

7. How does Gabrielle get into Senator Sexton's office computer?

8. What is the Delta Force's mission when they board a Kiowa helicopter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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