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

2. What is Christie's, the setting of Chapter 3?
(a) A department store.
(b) A museum.
(c) An auction house.
(d) A grocery store.

3. In Chapter 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?
(a) W.H. Auden.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?

2. What type of bit do Amira and McFarlane attempt to drill the meteorite with?

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

4. How much does Glinn say it will cost to determine if EES can recover the meteorite from Isla Desolacion in Chapter 7?

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?

(see the answer key)

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