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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 valley does Jenny fly toward after aiming away from the cliff face when she is being pursued and shot at?
(a) Alatna Valley.
(b) Sarana Valley.
(c) Mendenhall Valley.
(d) Tanana Valley.

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

3. How many years was Matt in the military?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

5. How far is the Omega Drift Station from the shore of the polynya?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) ¼ mile.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/3 mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the sail on Amanda's ice boat?

2. How old is Dr. Henry Ogden?

3. How much time does Jennifer spend yearly checking her father's traps?

4. What color parkas do the men wear who escort Jenny, Matt, John, and Craig off the plane?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Dr. Willig compare the creatures in the Crawl Space?

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

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

4. What does it mean to Viktor when he learns that the U.S. Delta Force has been mobilized?

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

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

7. Why and how does Jennifer Aratuk run her father's trapline?

8. How did Belinda and Bennie meet?

9. Describe the Arrigetch Peaks.

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

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