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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?
(a) Silver.
(b) Oil.
(c) Gold.
(d) A meteorite.

4. What role is Amira supposed to play while on the expedition?
(a) McFarlane's assistant.
(b) Glinn's secretary.
(c) McFarlane's secretary.
(d) Glinn's assistant.

5. How has Glinn disguised the labs to be used in the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) To look like a medical lab.
(b) To look like mining equipment.
(c) To look like oil excavating equipment.
(d) To look like shipping containers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Glinn reveal has the only key to the dead man switch in Chapter 13?

2. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?

3. What is Isla Desolacion?

4. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?

5. Where does Amira tell McFarlane that Glinn earned his military experience?

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