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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who notices Marjorie acting angrily on the phone just before the president's press conference?
(a) William Pickering.
(b) The president.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Michael.

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

4. Who does Rachel tell Pickering to alert about the false meteorite during their phone conversation aboard the submarine?
(a) The IRS.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The White House.
(d) The CIA.

5. Who assumes they will die but begins hitting the ice with the blunt end of an ax after falling into the ocean on a glacier?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Corky.
(c) Norah.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Gabrielle instructed to meet her NASA informant at the White House?

2. What does Gabrielle's friend say she is most concerned about regarding Gabrielle's decision to come forward with her affair with Senator Sexton?

3. Who is Gabrielle greeted by for her meeting at the White House?

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

5. What is the name of Michael's wife who passed away from cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ekstrom do after a NASA technician finds Dr. Ming's dead body?

2. How does Yolanda react when Gabrielle tells her she wishes to go public with her affair with Senator Sexton?

3. How does Gabrielle get into Senator Sexton's apartment during his meeting with the private space companies?

4. What happens when Gabrielle goes to the East Gate of the White House for a meeting?

5. How are Rachel, Michael, and Corky rescued from the Arctic Ocean in Chapter 61?

6. How does Michael's wife help him secure his weekly television show?

7. What does Marjorie Tench do to Rachel when she receives a call from her from the submarine just before the president's press conference?

8. How does Rachel send a message to the NRO while in frozen water?

9. How do Michael and Corky describe how to distinguish a meteorite to Rachel?

10. How is the Delta Force's mission described in Chapter 15?

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