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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role is Amira supposed to play while on the expedition?
(a) McFarlane's assistant.
(b) Glinn's assistant.
(c) McFarlane's secretary.
(d) Glinn's secretary.

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

3. In Chapter 39, what does the letter Vallenar reads tell him about the Rolvaag's mining expedition on Isla Desolacion?
(a) They are searching for silver.
(b) They are not mining for gas.
(c) They are not searching for gold.
(d) They are searching for oil.

4. In Chapter 42, what damage to the cart beneath the meteorite makes McFarlane believe the disturbance was an electrical arc rather than a bomb?
(a) Damage to the bottom of the meteorite.
(b) Damage to the inside of the tunnel.
(c) Melted metal and burning tires.
(d) Melted rock and a burning corpse.

5. In Chapter 29, what does Amira say Glinn hates?
(a) Hope.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?

2. What did Nestor Masangkay call Isla Desolacion?

3. In Chapter 13 Glinn claims they have legal right to take the meteorite despite their desire to keep the meteorite secret. How is this true?

4. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?

5. In Chapter 48, what threat does Vallenar make when Glinn refuses to return Timmer to him?

(see the answer key)

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