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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long ago did Dr. Willig's wife die?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 2 years.

3. What is the name of Matt's horse?
(a) Jedediah.
(b) Molly.
(c) Mariah.
(d) Hank.

4. Where did Lacy Devlin attend graduate school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Dartmouth.

5. How many generators have been preserved at the old Russian ice station?
(a) 37.
(b) 52.
(c) 45.
(d) 26.

6. When did Snow Eagle place third in the Iditarod?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1999.

7. What color parkas do the men wear who escort Jenny, Matt, John, and Craig off the plane?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

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

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

10. How tall is Captain Perry?
(a) 5 ft. 10 in.
(b) 5 ft. 2 in.
(c) 6 ft.
(d) 6 ft. 2 in.

11. Where did Matt go to college?
(a) University of Ohio.
(b) University of Iowa.
(c) University of Georgia.
(d) University of Tennessee.

12. What do the Inuit call the Aurora Borealis?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Koyukon.
(c) Yoyakkyh.
(d) Spirit lights.

13. What submarine did Captain Perry's father serve aboard?
(a) Nautilus.
(b) Barracuda.
(c) Alabama.
(d) California.

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

15. In Chapter 7, at what speed are winds registering as the storm approaches the ice station?
(a) More than 70 mph.
(b) Over 85 mph.
(c) About 55 mph.
(d) Around 90 mph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the average thickness of the polar ice cap where the USS Polar Sentinel is patrolling?

2. Who is snoring at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What valley does Jenny fly toward after aiming away from the cliff face when she is being pursued and shot at?

4. What is the name of Jenny's plane?

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

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