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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the president of the United States in the book?
(a) Sedgwick Sexton.
(b) William Pickering.
(c) Zackary Herney.
(d) Charles Brophy.

2. How many ice samples had Norah taken of the meteorite to confirm it was fresh water?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

3. What is Gabrielle's reaction after hearing the president's press conference at ABC studios?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Stunned.

4. Who does Ekstrom take a call from at the end of Chapter 75?
(a) Marjorie Tench.
(b) The president.
(c) Michael Tolland.
(d) William Pickering.

5. Who tells Pickering that the meteorite is definitely real during a phone conversation with him on the submarine?
(a) Corky.
(b) Michael.
(c) Norah.
(d) Rachel.

6. What is the name of the content editor for ABC who is a friend of Gabrielle?
(a) Norah Mangor.
(b) Celia Ekstrom.
(c) Michael Tolland.
(d) Yolanda Cole.

7. What does Rachel develop a fear of as a child?
(a) Heights.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Open water.

8. Who does Marjorie call just before the president's press conference?
(a) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(b) William Pickering.
(c) Michael Tolland.
(d) Sedgwick Sexton.

9. At how many feet is the helicopter when the doctor and his dogs are pushed out in the prologue?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

10. What time does Tench give Gabrielle to decide to come public with her affair with Senator Sexton?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

11. According to the president during his press conference, how old is the meteorite?
(a) 100 million years.
(b) 190 million years.
(c) 75 million years.
(d) 50 million years.

12. What is the name of the NASA administrator who greets Rachel at the glacier?
(a) Corky Marlinson.
(b) Lawrence Ekstrom.
(c) William Pickering.
(d) Zachary Herney.

13. What is name of Rachel's boss?
(a) Zachary Herney.
(b) Michael Tolland.
(c) William Pickering
(d) Yolanda Cole.

14. What percentage of salinity does Norah discover the water around the meteorite had in Chapter 41?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

15. Who tells the NASA technician that finds Dr. Ming's dead body to hide it until after the press conference?
(a) William Pickering.
(b) Michael Tolland.
(c) The president.
(d) Lawrence Ekstrom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the call for the president from Rachel when she calls from the submarine?

2. What does Michael take from the sled to save him, Rachel and Corky?

3. How long does Michael assume he and the others will survive after being blown into the ocean in Chapter 56?

4. What does Rachel believe NASA has discovered evidence of in Chapter 11?

5. What does Ming try to get that causes him to fall in the water?

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