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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Fire And Ice: Chapter Seven: Running Silent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time does Perry want to allow to evacuate the ice station?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 60 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

2. How many miles a day does the station drift with the polar current?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 3 miles.

3. What type of tree branch splinters when a sky diver aims at Matt while he crouches in ambush?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Alder.
(d) Cedar.

4. How many dogs does Jennifer use on her sled when she checks her father's trapline?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

5. What type of plane does Matt Pike see and then hear as it crashes?
(a) DeHavilland.
(b) Beech.
(c) Cessna.
(d) Piper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Omega station is fired upon, how many minutes is the Sentinel from the ice station?

2. What nickname is given to the class of submarine that the USS Polar Sentinel belongs to?

3. How far is Prudhoe Bay from Jenny's cabin?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many fathoms is the USS Polar Sentinel under the polar ice cap?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how many more sunrises does Matt expect to see before the sun will stay in the sky and not set?

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