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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 long ago did Dr. Willig's wife die?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. What was the name of Dr. Willig's wife?
(a) Angela.
(b) Rowena.
(c) Helena.
(d) Mary.

3. How much younger is Belinda than her husband Bennie?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. How old was Viktor when his mother died?
(a) 24.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

5. When did Dr. Willig win the Nobel prize?
(a) He did not win it.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1981.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what temperature does seawater freeze?

2. Where does Jenny's father suggest they go when they cannot land at Prudhoe Bay?

3. What submarine did Captain Perry's father serve aboard?

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

5. How many years was Matt in the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what are some signs that the land is experiencing a spring thaw?

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

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

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

5. Describe the USS Polar Sentinel.

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

7. How did Amanda lose her hearing?

8. Why is the Sentinel all but invisible to most means of detection?

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

10. Describe the Arrigetch Peaks.

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