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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 is name of Rachel's boss?

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

3. What does the person using the ax on the ice hope to send a message to?

4. Who does Marjorie call just before the president's press conference?

5. What is Rachel careful to give only when speaking with William Pickering on the phone in Chapter 71?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rachel do aboard the USS Charlotte when she realizes the president is about to have his press conference?

2. How does Senator Sexton receive the classified information regarding NASA that he uses to discredit his opponents?

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

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

5. Describe the conversation between the president and Marjorie Tench when she suggests going to a CNN debate with Sexton instead of him?

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

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

8. What does Rachel realize when she is shot with an ice bullet on the meteorite?

9. How does Michael help Rachel and Corky escape the Delta Force on the meteorite?

10. What is the nature of Rachel's visit with the president aboard Air Force One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the character Gabrielle in the book. In what way does Gabrielle's character grow throughout the course of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Rachel with her father Senator Sexton in the book. What is telling of the impact Rachel's mother played in her life based on her differences from her father in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character Marjorie Tench in the book. In what way did the author purposefully create Marjorie as an unlikable and domineering character in the book? Why?

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