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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who falls through the ice as Craig's group flees the Ice Station and the grendels?
(a) Bane.
(b) Tom.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Jenny.

2. What object had Matt grabbed from a severed hand in the ice station that he uses to fight off the grendels when he's trapped under the ice?
(a) Illuminating grenade.
(b) Incendiary grenade.
(c) Chemical grenade.
(d) Fragmentation grenade.

3. When Jenny, Craig, and the rest of the group come to a black chute that is too steep to climb with boots and hands, who climbs it with steel crampons?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Tom.
(d) Craig.

4. What abort code does Viktor give Craig?
(a) L-E-D-I-V-A-Y-B-E-T-A-Y-U-B-O-R-G-V.
(b) B-E-L-O-R-E-C-H-E-N-S-K.
(c) M-O-N-C-H-E-G-O-R-S-K.
(d) A-K-H-T-U-B-I-N-S-K.

5. What color is the rope that Amanda climbs as she scales the ice cliff in Chapter 9?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

6. How fast is the Polar Sentinel going as it heads back to the Ice Station in Chapter 12? .
(a) 35 knots.
(b) 25 knots.
(c) 52 knots.
(d) 42 knots

7. How close did the beast get to Amanda's hiding place in Chapter 9, before it turned away?
(a) A foot.
(b) A few inches.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) About 6 inches.

8. How many of Craig's men are killed when Viktor sets off an explosion at the entrance of the Ice Station?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

9. What type of vehicles do the men arrive in who pick up Jenny and her father?
(a) Sno-cats.
(b) Ice boats.
(c) Snowmobiles.
(d) Hovercraft.

10. What do Matt, Bratt and the others hope to steal to make their escape from the Ice Station?
(a) Ski-Doo.
(b) Hovercraft.
(c) Snowmobile.
(d) Ice boat.

11. What color is Captain First Rank Anton Mikovsky's underway uniform?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Navy.
(d) Black.

12. What does Amanda find near Connor's body that she might be able to use as a weapon?
(a) Hammer.
(b) Ice ax.
(c) Ice pick.
(d) Crampons.

13. Where is Admiral Reynolds stationed?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Hawaii.

14. Where does Craig order his team to stand down when he and a few of his men are trapped inside the Ice Station?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 35 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

15. When was the "Jeannette" crushed by ice floes?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the survivors who is imprisoned with Matt when he regains consciousness is able to understand some Russian?

2. How many Russians does an American seaman believe there are?

3. How does Craig remember the abort code Viktor gives him?

4. In Chapter 10, where did the Russians find a seaman hiding?

5. In Chapter 13, how high are the giant brass wheels in the room where Craig and the others go to hide?

(see the answer keys)

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