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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. What was the purpose of the room where Craig and the others go to hide in Chapter 13?
2. How many tanks are on Level 4?
3. What does the living Grendel measure from muzzle to tail?
4. How close did the beast get to Amanda's hiding place in Chapter 9, before it turned away?
5. Who falls through the ice as Craig's group flees the Ice Station and the grendels?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Amanda do to try to lure the grendel off Matt's and her scent?
2. How does Jenny stop the creature that starts to follow them down the ventilation shaft?
3. After the Ice Station entrance is bombed, why does Craig have the rest of the Delta Force stand down 30 miles away?
4. Why did no one investigate when communications with the Ice Station were lost?
5. What action does Commander Bratt propose when not all of the civilians can be located to evacuate from the Ice Station?
6. Why does Dr. Ogden stay behind at the Ice Station?
7. How is the way that the grendels track Craig's group as they attempt to escape across the ice similar to the way polar bears hunt?
8. Who is Craig?
9. What does Matt believe it would take for Delta Force to take the Ice Station from the Russians?
10. Why did the Russians bring Jenny and John to the base?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, characters have to use teamwork to survive crises. Discuss how characters use teamwork in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
The grendels play a large role in the novel. Discuss the creatures: their appearance, behavior, theories about them, and their role in 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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