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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Reading.
(c) Eating.
(d) Writing.

2. In Chapter 32, what does Bramwell find unusual about Masangkay's bones?
(a) They are mixed with animal bones.
(b) They are all too small for a male.
(c) They are all burnt.
(d) They are all broken.

3. 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) Spam.
(b) Sardines.
(c) Ramen noodles.
(d) Cold sandwiches.

4. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?
(a) A huge oak tree.
(b) A valley in the snowfield.
(c) A small pine tree.
(d) A large boulder.

5. In Chapter 36, Glinn claims his great-great-great grandfather kidnapped what relative of Puppup's?
(a) His great-great-great grandmother.
(b) His great-great-great uncle.
(c) His great-great-great grandfather.
(d) His great-great-great aunt.

6. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?
(a) A meteorite.
(b) Gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Silver.

7. In Chapter 35, Glinn tells the team that the mass of the meteorite has been updated after the jack failure. What is the new estimated mass?
(a) Twenty-five thousand tons.
(b) Twenty-five thousand pounds.
(c) Twenty-five hundred thousand tons.
(d) Twenty-five hundred thousand pounds.

8. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?
(a) The guttural sounds of the language.
(b) The strange consonants.
(c) The strange clicks of the language.
(d) The trill of the r's.

9. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn orders the power stopped to all the jacks under the meteorite?
(a) The jacks drop the meteorite.
(b) The jacks fall too quickly.
(c) The jacks fail.
(d) The jacks lock up.

10. In Chapter 41, what does Garza call the plan that they intend to use to move the meteorite from the staging site to the bluffs above the Rolvaag?
(a) Cut and cover.
(b) Hide and dash.
(c) Run and hide.
(d) Cover and run.

11. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?
(a) The intertwined skeletons of two dinosaurs.
(b) A large Triceratops.
(c) The site of an ancient cemetery.
(d) A large Tyrannosaurus.

12. How much does Glinn say it will cost to determine if EES can recover the meteorite from Isla Desolacion in Chapter 7?
(a) One million dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) One hundred thousand dollars.

13. In Chapter 39, who does Vallenar wish to interrogate about the actions of the Americans on the Rolvaag?
(a) The custom officials.
(b) Puppup.
(c) Britton.
(d) Glinn.

14. What does Glinn provide in Chapter 23 to help christen the meteorite?
(a) Wine.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Carbonated apple juice.

15. In Chapter 28, what item does Vallenar ask the man he is interviewing to give to him?
(a) A piece of raw gold.
(b) A rock.
(c) A copy of the Rolvaag's custom papers.
(d) A set of propellors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

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

3. What type of bit do Amira and McFarlane attempt to drill the meteorite with?

4. What is the melting point of the meteorite?

5. In Chapter 38, Amira tells McFarlane that she collected what unusual arachnid?

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