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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?
(a) In Alaska.
(b) In Chile.
(c) On the Arizona-New Mexico border.
(d) On the border of California and Mexico.

2. 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) Ramen noodles.
(d) Cold sandwiches.

3. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?
(a) A large boulder.
(b) A valley in the snowfield.
(c) A huge oak tree.
(d) A small pine tree.

4. Why does Masangkay touch his find in Chapter 1?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He wants to take energy from it.
(c) He wants to lift it out of the ground.
(d) He wants to see if it is real.

5. What does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) Gold.
(b) Oil.
(c) A meteorite.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. What does McFarlane want to call the meteorite?

5. Who is the author of the story mentioned in Chapter 12, 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'?

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