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

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

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

4. What year did a submarine first cross the Arctic Ocean and pass under the North Pole?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1945.

5. What branch of service had Matt Pike served in?
(a) Sappers.
(b) Green Berets.
(c) Rangers.
(d) Navy Seals.

Short Answer Questions

1. The submarine finds a very large ice island; what does the crew compare the island to?

2. What is the name of Jenny's plane?

3. How much younger is Belinda than her husband Bennie?

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

5. Where did Lacy Devlin attend graduate school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Continental Divide?

3. How did Amanda lose her hearing?

4. What does Perry remember finding at the Russian ice base?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Belinda and Bennie meet?

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