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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 famous assassination are Glinn's team reenacting when McFarlane arrives at EES's offices in Chapter 6?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in Memphis.
(b) John Fitzgerald Kennedy's death in Dallas.
(c) Lee Harvey Oswald's death in Dallas.
(d) Abraham Lincoln's death in Washington, D.C.

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

3. What does McFarlane want to call the meteorite?
(a) Masangkay meteorite.
(b) MasanFarlane meteorite.
(c) McFarlane meteorite.
(d) EES meteorite.

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

5. What does Lloyd want to call the meteorite?
(a) Lloyd meteorite.
(b) Chilean meteorite.
(c) Desolation meteorite.
(d) Rolvaag meteorite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?

2. Who has Glinn hired to change the outward appearance of the ship purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?

3. How does Glinn plan to keep the meteorite stable during travel?

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

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

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