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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many months does the sun not set over the polar ice cap?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

2. How far is the Omega Drift Station from the shore of the polynya?
(a) 1/3 mile.
(b) ¼ mile.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

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

4. What does the word "Drakon" mean?
(a) Monster.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Ghost.
(d) Devil.

5. What was the name of Dr. Willig's wife?
(a) Helena.
(b) Rowena.
(c) Mary.
(d) Angela.

6. How far is Matt's camp from the waterfall where he shoots one of the sky divers?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 7 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

7. When did Dr. Willig win the Nobel prize?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1964.
(d) He did not win it.

8. Into which mountains does Jennyfly into elude the plane that is pursuing her?
(a) Wrangell.
(b) Saint Elias.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Arrigetch.

9. What are Matt, Jenny, Craig, and John offered when they are taken from the plane to the mess hall?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Water.

10. How much younger is Belinda than her husband Bennie?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

11. What type of stock is on Matt's rifle?
(a) Maple.
(b) Black walnut.
(c) Oak.
(d) Red Cherry.

12. When the Omega station is fired upon, how many minutes is the Sentinel from the ice station?
(a) 6 miles.
(b) 32 minutes.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 45 minutes.

13. Where does Henry Ogden tell Amanda that specimens of the walking whale have been found before?
(a) Canada and Greenland.
(b) Norway and Sweden.
(c) Vietnam and Thailand.
(d) Pakistan and China.

14. How tall is Lee Bently?
(a) 6 ft. 1 in.
(b) 5 ft. 10 in.
(c) 5 ft. 1 in.
(d) 5 ft. 7 in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Dr. Willig's wife die?

2. In 1997, what was the cost to the world when El Nino occurred?

3. Where does Jenny's father suggest they go when they cannot land at Prudhoe Bay?

4. How long has Matt Pike been divorced?

5. How many years was Matt in the military?

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