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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 69-77.

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 organize an expedition to recover a meteorite.
(b) To ask him to head his new science museum.
(c) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.
(d) To ask him to to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.

2. In Chapter 65, what does Glinn realize the Almirante Ramirez has really done?
(a) Forced them to surrender.
(b) Blocked off all means of escape.
(c) Forced them to drop the meteorite.
(d) Trapped them against a reef.

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

4. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?
(a) A large Tyrannosaurus.
(b) A large Triceratops.
(c) The intertwined skeletons of two dinosaurs.
(d) The site of an ancient cemetery.

5. In Chapter 61, what happens to the bridge's computers as they watch the movement on radar of the ship in pursuit of the Rolvaag?
(a) They momentarily shut down or lose some power.
(b) They begin giving false readings.
(c) They burn out and go dark.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13 Glinn claims they have legal right to take the meteorite despite their desire to keep the meteorite secret. How is this true?

2. In Chapter 77, what does Glinn express a desire to learn from Britton?

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

4. How has Glinn disguised the labs to be used in the recovery of the meteorite?

5. In Chapter 47, who does McFarlane point out is blocking the only exit out of the channel?

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