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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) A machine used to dig in isolated areas.
(b) A machine used to measure earthquakes.
(c) A machine used to find magnetic activity under the groun.
(d) A machine used to see underneath the earth without digging.

2. What meal does McFarlane recall in Chapter 22 that Masangkay attempted to share with him five years previously as they hid from armored trucks in a foreign country?
(a) Cold sandwiches.
(b) Spam.
(c) Sardines.
(d) Ramen noodles.

3. Where does Amira tell McFarlane that Glinn earned his military experience?
(a) Russia.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Korea.

4. Why does Masangkay touch his find in Chapter 1?
(a) He wants to take energy from it.
(b) He wants to see if it is real.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He wants to lift it out of the ground.

5. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?
(a) He does not want them given the right to step on Chilean soil.
(b) He has tried to mine gold there himself.
(c) He does not believe there is iron ore on the island.
(d) He believes all foreigners are looking for gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 'night lunch' mentioned in Chapter 11?

2. Who is the author of the story mentioned in Chapter 12, 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'?

3. What is the name of the Thomas Cole painting Palmer Lloyd loves the most of all his rare and valuable belongings, as described in Chapter 5?

4. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?

5. What does the team initially use, as seen in Chapter 23, to remove the dirt over the top of the meteorite?

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