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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. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?
(a) One million dollars.
(b) One hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Half a million dollars.
(d) Three quarters of a million dollars.

2. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?
(a) In Alaska.
(b) On the border of California and Mexico.
(c) In Chile.
(d) On the Arizona-New Mexico border.

3. 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 aunt.
(c) His great-great-great uncle.
(d) His great-great-great grandfather.

4. What unsettling thing does Vallenar do to the Rolvaag in Chapter 36?
(a) Locks weapons.
(b) Boards them.
(c) Fires machine gun weapons at them.
(d) Cruises toward them in a collision course.

5. What does McFarlane want to call the meteorite?
(a) Masangkay meteorite.
(b) McFarlane meteorite.
(c) EES meteorite.
(d) MasanFarlane meteorite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Glinn ask to meet McFarlane in Chapter 20?

2. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn orders the power stopped to all the jacks under the meteorite?

3. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?

4. What state does the meteorite become when it reaches its melting point?

5. What is the melting point of the meteorite?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a native man find on Isla Desolacion when paddles there in Chapter 2? What does he do about it?

2. What causes the computers on the island to fail? What is found in the tunnel with the meteorite?

3. For what reason does Glinn want to add Puppup to their crew? Where does Glinn find Puppup in Chapter 18?

4. What report does McFarlane find in Amira's quarters in Chapter 37? What does this report say? How does McFarlane feel about this report?

5. Why is a guard posted at the camp where the meteorite is sitting? What happens on the first night of guard duty?

6. What does McFarlane learn about Amira's relationship with Glinn in Chapter 38 that sheds light on Glinn's personality?

7. Why does Rochefort go into the tunnel with the jacked up meteorite in Chapter 34? What happens?

8. What crime does Puppup tell Glinn Vallenar once committed? What was calculated about this crime?

9. Why does Glinn gather his team and suggest they end the expedition in Chapter 35? Do they?

10. Why does Glinn's team make an effort to make the ship they are preparing for the expedition look older than it really is?

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