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

2. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?
(a) To ask him to organize an expedition to recover a meteorite.
(b) To ask him to to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.
(c) To ask him to head his new science museum.
(d) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.

3. 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) Cold sandwiches.
(c) Spam.
(d) Ramen noodles.

4. What does panteonero mean?
(a) Cemetery wind.
(b) Typhoon.
(c) Death's breath.
(d) Graveyard breeze.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McFarlane do to Masangkay's remains in Chapter 22?

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

3. What does Lloyd want to call the meteorite?

4. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?

5. What drink has been banned from the Rolvaag?

(see the answer key)

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