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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. When Matt regains consciousness after being captured by the Russians, where is he?
2. When Jenny, Craig, and the rest of the group come to a black chute that is too steep to climb with boots and hands, who climbs it with steel crampons?
3. During what years were the Russians conducting experiments at the Ice Station?
4. How long did the Russians tell Sewell and his staff that they would be kept under guard?
5. What object had Matt grabbed from a severed hand in the ice station that he uses to fight off the grendels when he's trapped under the ice?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the code broken for the journals that Craig steals from the Ice Station?
2. How is the way that the grendels track Craig's group as they attempt to escape across the ice similar to the way polar bears hunt?
3. How is Viktor Petkov dressed at the beginning of Chapter 11?
4. What is Dr. Ogden's theory about the grendels' social structure?
5. What does Matt see as he and his group hunker down near the Sno-cat wreckage?
6. What does Amanda do to try to lure the grendel off Matt's and her scent?
7. Why did no one investigate when communications with the Ice Station were lost?
8. Who is Craig?
9. What message does Viktor send Matt to give to the Delta Force?
10. Why did the Russians bring Jenny and John to the base?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the probability of events that occur in the novel. Especially as related to the grendels and the experiments performed on the Ice Station.
Essay Topic 2
Amanda decided to defy authority and bring Jenny, Matt, Craig, and John to the Ice Station. Discuss Amanda's reasons for deciding to bring the four to the ice station.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, clues are given that something horrible is on Level 4. Discuss these clues and whether they indicate the real horror that exists on that level.
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