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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unsettling thing does Vallenar do to the Rolvaag in Chapter 36?

2. In Chapter 36, Puppup claims to have inherited the remaining treasures of the Yaghan Indians. What does he say he did with it?

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

4. What does Glinn provide in Chapter 23 to help christen the meteorite?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes a near collision in Chapter 18 with the Rolvaag? What does this suggest about the dangers of the expedition?

2. Who are the people Sam McFarlane has hired to help him search for meteorites in the Kalahari Desert? How does he win their trust? How does he lose it?

3. What does Masangkay anticipate will be the rewards for discovering a unique meteorite on the Isla Desolacion? Who does he wish to pay back?

4. What does McFarlane use to create a demonstration of what happens to the ground when a meteorite falls from the sky? Why does McFarlane put on this demonstration? What is the reaction of his audience?

5. Who arrives on the Rolvaag via helicopter in Chapter 20? What is the purpose of this visit?

6. Where does Glinn find Captain Britton? How does this pertain to her decision to take the job he has offered her?

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

8. What story does Puppup tell the men as they make their way to the site of the meteorite in Chapter 22?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Masangkay? What is he doing on this isolated island? What is he hoping to find? What does he find? Why does he touch it? What is the weather like when Masangkay finds this item? Does this have an impact on what happens when Masangkay touches this item? What is it later revealed Masangkay's cause of death was? How does this relate to the description of Masangkay's death in the first chapter? What warning does Masangkay's death give to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Who is McFarlane? Why did he and Masangkay part ways? Why does Glinn think that McFarlane is unstable? Is he? Who does Glinn have watch over McFarlane during the expedition? When does McFarlane learn about this double cross? What does McFarlane do about this? Why? What is McFarlane's role on the expedition? How many times does McFarlane reassure the others that the meteorite poses no threat to the ship? Does this prove to be true? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

What does McFarlane think causes the meteorite to emit electrical pulses? What is wrong with this theory? Why does Glinn trust in McFarlane's assessment of the situation? Is this a mistake? What happens when Garza's men attempt to finish the welds on the meteorite's cradle? What does McFarlane feel caused this accident? How does McFarlane learn he was wrong? What is the true cause of this unusual element in the meteorite? How does McFarlane take measures to keep this from happening again? Does it work? Explain.

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