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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 does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?
(a) It is paint put on the meteorite by jokesters.
(b) No known metal alloys can create such a color.
(c) No meteorite in history has ever been that color.
(d) It is only a reflection of the soil around it.

2. Who is the author of the story mentioned in Chapter 12, 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Stephen Crane.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Stephen King.

3. What is McFarlane's pet theory that is revealed in Chapter 25?
(a) Meteorites buried so long they absorbe the color of the earth around them.
(b) Intergalaxy meteorites.
(c) Interstellar meteorites.
(d) Meteorites created by colliding stars.

4. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Oil.
(d) A meteorite.

5. 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?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Spam.
(c) Cold sandwiches.
(d) Ramen noodles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Glinn disguised the labs to be used in the recovery of the meteorite?

2. What does the team initially use, as seen in Chapter 23, to remove the dirt over the top of the meteorite?

3. What drink has been banned from the Rolvaag?

4. What is Christie's, the setting of Chapter 3?

5. Who does McFarlane and Amira see jogging in foul weather on the deck of the Rolvaag in Chapter 20?

(see the answer key)

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