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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. Which of the following elements was not said to be the only ones that should be found on a meteorite in Chapter 86?

2. What does Senator Sexton do to Gabrielle when she suggests holding onto the information about the meteorite until Rachel is safe?

3. What does Michael explain is the only thing that will make the sharks surrounding the Goya attack?

4. What does Ekstrom say he is aware of about Pickering regarding NASA in Chapter 85?

5. Who is the political official that the Delta Force assassinated at the FDR Memorial?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gabrielle get to the fourth floor of NASA headquarters?

2. What are the contents of the envelopes Senator Sexton hands out to the media during his press conference?

3. Why does William Pickering tell Rachel he is lying about the meteorite when he reveals himself as the controller?

4. How does Rachel describe the expander cycle engine to Michael and Corky?

5. What does Ekstrom tell the president when he calls him in Chapter 111?

6. What are Gabrielle's suspicions about the meteorite in Chapter 95?

7. What is the Delta Force's mission when they board a Kiowa helicopter?

8. How does Rachel escape the Triton with Michael's help after it sinks?

9. How does the Coast Guard save Michael and Rachel at the Goya?

10. How does Michael capture Delta Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's purpose for the story coming full circle at the end of the book. What is the likelihood that the author uses the epilogue as a way to insinuate that something like the meteorite hoax could occur again in the future?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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