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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?
(a) He does not believe there is iron ore on the island.
(b) He has tried to mine gold there himself.
(c) He believes all foreigners are looking for gold.
(d) He does not want them given the right to step on Chilean soil.

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

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

5. In Chapter 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?
(a) Stephen King.
(b) W.H. Auden.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How big does Garza believe the meteorite is as discussed in Chapter 31?

3. In Chapter 46, what slows the progress of the meteorite as it is moved from its previous location to the bluffs above the Rolvaag?

4. What meal does McFarlane recall in Chapter 22 that Masangkay attempted to share with him five years previously as they hid from armored trucks in a foreign country?

5. What color is the meteorite when it is finally exposed in Chapter 24?

(see the answer key)

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