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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. Who tells the NASA technician that finds Dr. Ming's dead body to hide it until after the press conference?

2. What percentage of salinity does Norah discover the water around the meteorite had in Chapter 41?

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

4. What is the name of the content editor for ABC who is a friend of Gabrielle?

5. What is name of Rachel's boss?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How does Dr. Charles Brophy die?

5. What is the nature of the material Rachel presents to the president's staff in Chapter 35?

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

7. Why does Pickering tell Rachel to wait to tell the president about her findings on the meteorite when she calls him aboard the USS Charlotte?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Although not the greatest evil present in the book, Senator Sexton offers the reader a look inside megalomania and politics through his character.

Part 1.) How is Senator Sexton's true nature uncovered by the end of the book?

Part 2.) How does Senator Sexton portray megalomania and greed in the book?

Part 3.) What is telling of Senator Sexton's nature based on his refusal to keep Rachel's fax hidden to ensure her safety?

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