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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 does Rachel believe NASA has discovered evidence of in Chapter 11?
2. Who does Marjorie call just before the president's press conference?
3. What is the name of Michael's wife who passed away from cancer?
4. What does Delta One throw at Rachel and the others that makes the glacier break away and drop in the ocean?
5. Where does Rachel meet with the president in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Michael's belief of panspermia described in the book?
2. What two reasons does Norah give Rachel for disagreeing with her explanation for PODS not being sensitive enough to pick up saltwater around the glacier?
3. What does Rachel do aboard the USS Charlotte when she realizes the president is about to have his press conference?
4. Describe the conversation between the president and Marjorie Tench when she suggests going to a CNN debate with Sexton instead of him?
5. How does Yolanda react when Gabrielle tells her she wishes to go public with her affair with Senator Sexton?
6. How is Rachel's conversation with the president via a video link while on the Milne Ice Shelf described?
7. How is the Delta Force's mission described in Chapter 15?
8. What does Marjorie Tench do to Rachel when she receives a call from her from the submarine just before the president's press conference?
9. How does Senator Sexton receive the classified information regarding NASA that he uses to discredit his opponents?
10. How does Gabrielle get into Senator Sexton's apartment during his meeting with the private space companies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's use of a prologue and epilogue in the book. What information is added to and left up to the reader with the use of this method?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the nature of the meteorite in the book. What purpose might the author have for centering the major conflict in the book around a meteorite?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of the storm as a metaphor in the book. In what way did the author relate the metaphor of a storm at both the Milne Ice Shelf and in Washington, D.C. in the book?
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