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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 78, what happens each time the Rolvaag rolls against the waves?
(a) The ship rolls over on its side.
(b) The ship tips forward too far.
(c) The ship vibrates in the center, threatening to rip in two.
(d) The ship sinks deeper into the ocean.

2. In Chapter 60, what happens in the seconds before the meteorite sets off yet another electrical surge?
(a) The cradle fails.
(b) The ship rolls.
(c) The hull breaks.
(d) Someone touches the meteorite.

3. In Chapter 78, how long can the Rolvaag expect to have auxiliary power?
(a) Twenty hours.
(b) Fifteen hours.
(c) Twenty-five hours.
(d) Three hours.

4. In Chapter 46, what event keeps Glinn and his scientists from understanding why the meteorite appears to kill when touched?
(a) McFarlane's touch of the meteorite the day it was first uncovered.
(b) The lightening that clearly killed Masangkay.
(c) The bomb that must have killed Vallenar's man.
(d) Lloyd's touch of the meteorite when it was first uncovered.

5. In Chapter 64, where does Britton plan to take the Rolvag out of Drake Passage?
(a) Toward American waters.
(b) Toward a British Naval Base on Georgia Island.
(c) Toward the Ice Limit.
(d) Toward South America to escape the gale.

6. In Chapter 62, how many men did the Almirante Ramirez lose in the attempt to fix the propellers?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. In Chapter 72, why does Glinn instruct his men to turn off the radar jamming equipment and ask Britton to cut the engines?
(a) To make Vallenar believe they are dead in the water.
(b) To attract the attention of a nearby naval base.
(c) To force Vallenar close enough for them to fire on his ship.
(d) To make Vallenar come close enough to damage his ship on their wake.

8. In Chapter 44, what does Glinn instruct his men to ask Britton to send to the staging area?
(a) Food.
(b) A radio.
(c) A generator.
(d) Medical supplies.

9. In Chapter 84, what is happening to the life boats that causes concern to the survivors?
(a) They become exposed to the cold.
(b) They begin taking on water.
(c) They begin to move back toward the Ice Limit.
(d) They begin to deflat.

10. In Chapter 58, what did Lloyd do throughout the fight with the Almirante Ramirez?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Called the Chilean government.
(c) Banged on the door, issuing orders.
(d) Paced restlessly.

11. In Chapter 53, how long does it take for the meteorite to become settled on the tower that will lower it into the cargo hold?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Forty-five minutes.

12. In Chapter 69, what does McFarlane hear in the cargo hold that helps him come to a conclusion as to what caused the meteorite to discharge electricity not only this one time, but every time?
(a) Cracking of the cradle's welds.
(b) A hum from the meteorite itself.
(c) Water.
(d) People's voices.

13. In Chapter 78, who does Britton inform her officers to call for help?
(a) The American Coast Guard.
(b) The Peru government.
(c) The British Naval base on Georgia Island.
(d) The Chilean military.

14. In Chapter 50, Vallenar learns he has been issued a second order to do what?
(a) Continue on his previous assignment.
(b) Arrest Glinn.
(c) Return to base.
(d) Arrest Lloyd.

15. What does McFarlane tell Glinn in chapter 47 when he asks how safe the meteorite is?
(a) That it is inert except when touched by a human hand.
(b) That it is inert except when touched with salt.
(c) That it is dangerous and should be dropped into the sea at the first opportunity.
(d) That it is dangerous and never should be placed on the Rolvaag.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 58, who does Lloyd give ultimate credit to for the success of the recovery of the meteorite?

2. In Chapter 71, why does Amira confess to McFarlane that she wants to continue studying the meteorite even after they arrive back in the States?

3. In Chapter 57, why does Glinn feel the Rolvaag's actions against the Almirante Ramirez were justified?

4. In Chapter 61, what type of job does Lloyd decide he will offer Puppup at the Lloyd Museum?

5. In Chapter 61, what item does Glinn reveal he brought an entire case of on board the Rolvaag?

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