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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 are Rachel, Michael and Corky discussing at the beginning of Chapter 86?

2. Who does Rachel call after getting to Michael's research center?

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

4. What monument does the Delta Force head to after boarding the Kiowa helicopter?

5. In whose office is Gabrielle at the beginning of Chapter 106?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. While on an airplane headed for Washington, what reason does Corky give for believing the rock is still a meteorite?

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

6. What are Gabrielle's suspicions about the meteorite in Chapter 95?

7. What happens when Corky goes for a motorboat after the Delta Force arrives on the Goya?

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

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

10. How is the Delta Fore assassination described in Chapter 96?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of a prologue and epilogue in the book. What information is added to and left up to the reader with the use of this method?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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