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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Linda realize after waking up with a headache in chapter seventeen?
(a) They are exhibiting heat exhaustion.
(b) The fungi is killing them.
(c) They have drunk poisoned water.
(d) They are catching an illness.
2. What does Flattery tell Blakely in chapter nine when Blakely tells him not to fret?
(a) He will rest easier when the mission is over.
(b) They didn't find Wombley's body, only blood.
(c) He would feel better if Ashley and the others knew the truth.
(d) He is paid to worry.
3. What does Ben say that it might be when Ashley first says she thinks that she sees something move to her left in chapter twelve?
(a) Predatory snails.
(b) The first team.
(c) One of the navy seals.
(d) The Boogeyman.
4. What does Ashley tell Major Michaelson that she wants clear in chapter four?
(a) That the team is hers.
(b) That Michaelson is not wanted.
(c) That she won't let guns be brought on the trip.
(d) That the millitary is to stay out of her way.
5. What does Ben say that they should do in the end of chapter four?
(a) Go dancing.
(b) Put itching powder in Major Michaelson's sleeping gear.
(c) Go home.
(d) Get drunk.
6. What happens in the end of chapter seventeen when Michaelson, Ashley, and Ben have reached the top of the wall they were climbing?
(a) They find they are in a nest of monster's eggs.
(b) They are in a chamber of spores.
(c) There is a cave that is hidden by a rock slide.
(d) There is a primitive map.
7. Which of the following is NOT something that Ashely said Jason would be able to do while at the base?
(a) Swim Lessons.
(b) Jet Skis.
(c) Electric Bikes.
(d) Martial Arts Lessons.
8. Where does Ashley first guess that they are digging when she is talking to Dr. Blakely in chapter one?
(a) Ireland.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Australia.
9. What does Colonel Matson say that he wants Ben to do in chapter two?
(a) It is top secret and Ben will be told later.
(b) Join an international expedition.
(c) Agree to undergo some tests.
(d) Look over a map they have found.
10. Why does Khalid believe that there will be valuable minerals found on the dig?
(a) Because he likes to day dream.
(b) Because of the gold dust emitted by the volcano.
(c) Because of the diamond statue.
(d) Because Antarctica has never been researched before.
11. What obstacle did Michaelson find in chapter twelve that he suggests they had better try and get over before they camp for the night?
(a) A maze of stalagmites.
(b) A river.
(c) A rock wall.
(d) An extremely small tunnel.
12. What does Ashley feel as Ben and Linda walk off together?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Old.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Afraid.
13. How long does Blakely announce that the previous team has been missing that went into the tunnels?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) A year ago.
(c) Four months.
(d) Just a few hours.
14. What does Blakely tell Ashley about Michaelson's relationship to the first team that went in?
(a) Michaelson's wife was with the first team.
(b) Michaelson was supposed to go with the first team but got sick.
(c) His brother was with the first team.
(d) He was in charge of the first team.
15. Who shoots the monster in chapter fifteen when it is dragging Linda off?
(a) Khalid.
(b) Michaelson.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Villanueva.
Short Answer Questions
1. What words does Ben hear whispered into his ear in chapter two while he is dreaming?
2. What does Blakely find when he hauls up the line that held the anchor?
3. What does Ben say when he sees what is written on the cave in chapter six?
4. What slows down the retreat that Ben and Michaelson make from the monsters in chapter fifteen?
5. What does Khalid compare the Antarctic dig to in chapter four?
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