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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 does McFarlane tell Glinn in chapter 47 when he asks how safe the meteorite is?
(a) That it is inert except when touched with salt.
(b) That it is dangerous and never should be placed on the Rolvaag.
(c) That it is dangerous and should be dropped into the sea at the first opportunity.
(d) That it is inert except when touched by a human hand.

2. What does Rochefort manually release on the jacks in Chapter 34?
(a) The hydraulic valves.
(b) The computer control.
(c) The clasp connecting the jacks to the meteorite.
(d) The power cables.

3. In Chapter 45, Glinn makes a comment about the mysterious dead man in Spanish. What does this statement suggest to both McFarlane and the reader?
(a) Glinn is having a nervous breakdown.
(b) Glinn has no clue who the man was or who sent him.
(c) Glinn thinks the man was sent by Vallenar.
(d) Glinn speaks in Spanish when he does not want anyone to know what he is saying.

4. In Chapter 38, Amira tells McFarlane that she collected what unusual arachnid?
(a) Tarantulas.
(b) Black widows.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Brown recluse.

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 fail.
(d) The jacks lock up.

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. 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?

3. What was Glinn attempting to secure during his military career that caused the loss of his entire team, minus himself and Garza, as Amira tells it in Chapter 11?

4. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?

5. In Chapter 47, what reason does Glinn give McFarlane for keeping in communications with Lloyd?

(see the answer key)

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