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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 type of ship has Glinn purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) A cruise ship.
(b) An oil tanker.
(c) A aircraft carrier.
(d) A military destroyer.

2. What is the profession of the man Vallenar interviews in Chapter 28?
(a) Dealer in illegal government documents.
(b) Dealer in illegal surveillance.
(c) Dealer in used eletronic equipment.
(d) Dealer in cheap ship repair equipment.

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

4. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn has the power to the hydraulic jacks brought up to seventy percent?
(a) The meteorite tips over.
(b) The meteorite moves too quickly.
(c) The meteorite rises six centimeters.
(d) Nothing.

5. 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 lock up.
(d) The jacks fail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 46, what event keeps Glinn and his scientists from understanding why the meteorite appears to kill when touched?

2. Why does Vallenar dislike disposable razors as discussed in Chapter 28?

3. In Chapter 51, Glinn reveals that EES controls what vital component of the Rolvaag?

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

5. What does McFarlane tell Glinn in chapter 47 when he asks how safe the meteorite is?

(see the answer key)

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