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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the ensign who agrees to look after Bane while Matt, Jenny, John, and Craig go to the Ice Station?
(a) 34.
(b) 31.
(c) 20.
(d) 22.

2. When did Belinda and Bennie lose a child?
(a) 3 months ago.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 6 months ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

3. How did Amanda Reynolds lose her hearing?
(a) The result of a childhood disease.
(b) A birth defect.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) Repeated ear infections.

4. What is the average thickness of the polar ice cap where the USS Polar Sentinel is patrolling?
(a) 5 ft.
(b) 10 ft.
(c) 15 ft.
(d) 20 ft.

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

6. How many levels are there in Ice Station Grendel?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who is snoring at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Craig.
(b) Matt.
(c) Bane.
(d) John.

14. How old was Viktor when his mother died?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

15. What is the name of the sky diver that Matt killed?
(a) Igor.
(b) Aleks.
(c) Mikal.
(d) Stefan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "Drakon" mean?

2. What is the name of Matt's horse?

3. What is John's full Inuit name?

4. What type of plane does Matt Pike see and then hear as it crashes?

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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