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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why won't Uria tell Leigh more information about the space mission? (from Part 2: Chapters 1- 5)

Leigh will not understand the details related to the propulsion technology because it is not her area of study.

The companies controlling The Institute want to keep it secret to better exploit the discoveries.

She says the information is classified.

The government wants to keep all information about the technology secret.

2.

How deep is the hydrothermal vent? (from Part 1 Chapters 6 - 9)

10 kilometers, almost as deep as the Mariana Trench.

46 kilometers, deeper than the Mariana Trench.

36 kilometers, deeper than the Mariana Trench.

24 kilometers, deeper than the Mariana Trench.

3.

What shape is Nereus? (from Part 4: Chapters 1 - 5)

A bullet.

A Cassini oval.

A cone.

A circle.

4.

What are some of the training exercises Leigh endures for the Proscenium mission? (from Part 3: Chapters 1 - 7)

Being dropped form a plane into the ocean, working out for six hours a day, paragliding.

Paragliding and having weights strapped all over her body and walking across a gym, working out for six hours a day.

Having weights strapped all over her body and walking across a gym, diving in a replica of the ship, being dropped from a plane into the ocean.

Learning to fly the spaceship, diving in a replica of the ship and paragliding.

5.

What is a Waterschappen and what role do they play in Dutch society? (from Part 1: Chapters 1 - 2 )

Engineers whose job it is to build Dutch cities.

Scientists who study the ocean.

They are sailors who look for resources in remote parts of the ocean.

Waterschappen are water engineers whose job it is to keep the Netherlands from flooding or sinking.

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