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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?
(a) The guttural sounds of the language.
(b) The trill of the r's.
(c) The strange consonants.
(d) The strange clicks of the language.

2. What is the 'night lunch' mentioned in Chapter 11?
(a) A celebrated meal when a ship crosses the date line.
(b) McFarlane's nickname for a brief flirtation.
(c) A routine snack sailors partake in.
(d) The first meal upon the Rolvaag.

3. What is the name of the Thomas Cole painting Palmer Lloyd loves the most of all his rare and valuable belongings, as described in Chapter 5?
(a) Sunny Morning in Chile.
(b) Sunny Morning on the Hudson River.
(c) Sunny Morning on the Mississippi.
(d) Sunny Morning in Acapulco.

4. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) A machine used to measure earthquakes.
(b) A machine used to find magnetic activity under the groun.
(c) A machine used to dig in isolated areas.
(d) A machine used to see underneath the earth without digging.

5. For what reason is it revealed in Chapter 9 Captain Britton went to rehab?
(a) Illegal drugs.
(b) Bulemia.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?

2. What does Amira claim uses more calories than jogging?

3. What is the weather like in Chapter 1 as Masangkay unearths part of his find?

4. What is the name of the channel where the Rolvaag lowers its anchor during the recovery of the meteorite?

5. Who does Glinn reveal has the only key to the dead man switch in Chapter 13?

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