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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Viktor when his mother died?

3. Who is snoring at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. How many years was Matt in the military?

5. In Chapter 7, at what speed are winds registering as the storm approaches the ice station?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Matt shocked when he sees the pilot from the downed plane?

2. Describe the USS Polar Sentinel.

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

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 the task of the crew on the USS Polar Sentinel?

7. What is an ice island?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the probability of events that occur in the novel. Especially as related to the grendels and the experiments performed on the Ice Station.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, the author uses exposition to reveal information about the past. Discuss how exposition informs readers about characters, plot, and setting of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The theme of fathers and sons is interwoven throughout the novel. Discuss the theme of father and sons in the novel. Which father/son pairs are essential to the plot?

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