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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are archaeologists Alexander Willis and MacDonald sitting?
(a) In Tahiti.
(b) Atop a mountain to watch the comet's passing.
(c) In Cheops's pyramid.
(d) In Amenhotep's pyramid.

2. What does Dr. Leonilla Alexandrovna Malik want to be doing?
(a) Treat sick children.
(b) Being a kosmonaut for which she is trained.
(c) Defecting to the U.S.A.
(d) Marrying her fiance who is in space at the moment.

3. What does Mabel see lightning hit?
(a) The St. Louis Arch.
(b) The Washington Monument.
(c) The Lincoln Memorial.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

4. Where is Loretta?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) On the floor.
(d) In the basement.

5. Why does Sharps decide to call Senator Jellison?
(a) To suggest funding for a new observatory in the Arctic.
(b) To ask for more funding for the lab.
(c) To suggest a manned space station to study the comet.
(d) To ask about a bill before the Senate right now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Russia did in its space program according to Leonilla?

2. Why is Rick Delanty delayed in doing his work?

3. Who is Harvey Randall?

4. What does Marie make them do?

5. What are two things Alim and Harold plan to secure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harry doing when the comet strikes and what is his response?

2. Why does Harvey wonder about where Marie might be?

3. How do Tim and Eileen use a clever ruse to make their way through the hysterical crowds?

4. Briefly describe Tim and Eileen's journey by car to the observatory.

5. Discuss how carefully Gordie plans his suicide.

6. What do Tim and Eileen do after leaving the observatory and what is your analysis of their actions?

7. Who seems to take Armitage's type of preaching to heart in this section and what does he do?

8. What do Tim and Eileen find when they arrive at Tujunga and what is the implication?

9. What demonstrates how those who survive are the ones who concentrate on their own survival?

10. What is one repercussion of the "gloom and doom" message preached by Henry Armitage and others?

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