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

2. In 1997, what was the cost to the world when El Nino occurred?
(a) $90 billion.
(b) $75 billion.
(c) $100 billion.
(d) $55 million.

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

4. As Matt waits to ambush the sky divers, where does he remember being holed up in a mortar-based building?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Iran.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Iraq.

5. How many samples does Connor MacFerran want to core in Chapter 6?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the word "Drakon" mean?

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

4. How long has it been since Jennifer and Matt divorced?

5. How did Dr. Willig's wife die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the creature look like that Lacy sees?

2. Why does Matt believe that the sky divers anticipated an ambush?

3. How did Belinda and Bennie meet?

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

5. What does Jenny look like?

6. What is the Continental Divide?

7. What is an ice island?

8. Describe the Arrigetch Peaks.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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