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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an island of stability?
(a) A ship that floats on the upper most layer of water.
(b) A hypothetical group of elements high on the periodic table that are stable.
(c) A floating island that will not tip.
(d) A group of elements low on the periodic table that are stable.

2. In Chapter 39, Vallenar reads a letter from what type of scientist?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A geologist.
(c) A medical researcher.
(d) A meteorologist.

3. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?
(a) Measles.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) The plague.

4. Where does Glinn ask to meet McFarlane in Chapter 20?
(a) The bridge.
(b) The sickbay.
(c) The captain's mess.
(d) The library.

5. Who does Glinn reveal has the only key to the dead man switch in Chapter 13?
(a) Glinn, Rochefort, and Garza.
(b) Glinn, McFarlane, and Howell.
(c) Glinn, McFarlane, and Amira.
(d) Glinn, Lloyd, and Britton.

6. How does McFarlane believe the meteorite's arrival on the island impacted the topography of the island?
(a) It created the volcano.
(b) It destroyed the volcano.
(c) It caused a volcanic eruption.
(d) It landed during an eruption, causing its unique color.

7. What is the profession of the man Vallenar interviews in Chapter 28?
(a) Dealer in used eletronic equipment.
(b) Dealer in cheap ship repair equipment.
(c) Dealer in illegal surveillance.
(d) Dealer in illegal government documents.

8. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?
(a) McFarlane.
(b) Brambell.
(c) Rochefort.
(d) Amira.

9. In Chapter 30, McFarlane says tests on a sample of the meteorite will reveal what properties?
(a) Physical, chemical, and electron configuration.
(b) Electrical and chemical only.
(c) Electrical, chemical, and physical.
(d) Electron configuration, chemical, and atomic radius.

10. What state does the meteorite become when it reaches its melting point?
(a) Vapor.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Gas.
(d) Semi-liquid.

11. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
(a) Metal detectors.
(b) Seismograph machines.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Large magnets.

12. What does the team initially use, as seen in Chapter 23, to remove the dirt over the top of the meteorite?
(a) Graters.
(b) Spades.
(c) Back hoes.
(d) Shovels.

13. How big does Garza believe the meteorite is as discussed in Chapter 31?
(a) Ten feet in diameter.
(b) Four feet in diameter.
(c) Forty-two feet in diameter.
(d) Twenty feet in diameter.

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

15. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?
(a) He is just a crazy old man.
(b) No one respects him enough to care about his opinion.
(c) No one believed him.
(d) He has no authority over them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Vallenar dislike disposable razors as discussed in Chapter 28?

3. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn has the power to the hydraulic jacks brought up to seventy percent?

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

5. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?

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