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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?
(a) He is just a crazy old man.
(b) He has no authority over them.
(c) No one respects him enough to care about his opinion.
(d) No one believed him.

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 finish Masangkay's expedition.
(d) To ask him to head his new science museum.

3. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
(a) Cell phones.
(b) Metal detectors.
(c) Large magnets.
(d) Seismograph machines.

4. How much does Glinn tell Lloyd he will charge to complete the recovery of the meteorite from the Isla Desolacion in Chapter 8?
(a) Three hundred fifty million dollars.
(b) One hundred million dollars.
(c) Three hundred million dollars.
(d) One hundred fifty million dollars.

5. 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 on the Mississippi.
(b) Sunny Morning in Acapulco.
(c) Sunny Morning on the Hudson River.
(d) Sunny Morning in Chile.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

4. What is Isla Desolacion?

5. What does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

(see the answer key)

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