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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. According to MacFerran, how old is the ice at the level where the walking whale was found?

2. Where is Dr. Willig from?

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

4. When did Dr. Willig win the Nobel prize?

5. What branch of service had Matt Pike served in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Belinda and Bennie meet?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Amanda find Lacy?

8. What does Jenny look like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the author uses cliffhangers to create suspense, to engage readers, and to advance plot.

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the novel, Jenny and her father have established an uneasy peace, but as the novel progresses their relationship changes. Discuss how and why their relationship changes.

Essay Topic 3

The grendels play a large role in the novel. Discuss the creatures: their appearance, behavior, theories about them, and their role in the novel.

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