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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The submarine finds a very large ice island; what does the crew compare the island to?
(a) McKinley.
(b) Everest.
(c) Kilimanjaro.
(d) Matterhorn.

4. What type of animal is trying to steal Jennifer's marten in her father's trap?
(a) Fox.
(b) Weasel.
(c) Muskrat.
(d) Wolverine.

5. When is it believed that the walking whale died out?
(a) 36 million years ago.
(b) 8 million years ago.
(c) 100 million years ago.
(d) 12 million years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Matt go to college?

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

3. How many years was Matt in the military?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Craig sent to the drift station to do a story?

2. How has Russian changed during Viktor's lifetime?

3. Describe the USS Polar Sentinel.

4. What are storms like at the polar ice cap?

5. Describe the cabin that Matt helped to build and that Jenny and her father live in.

6. What is found by Henry Ogden in a tunnel in the Crawl Space?

7. Describe the Arrigetch Peaks.

8. What is the task of the crew on the USS Polar Sentinel?

9. What types of research projects are being conducted at Omega Drift Station?

10. How are the titanium spheres being arranged by the Russian divers?

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