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

2. What was Glinn attempting to secure during his military career that caused the loss of his entire team, minus himself and Garza, as Amira tells it in Chapter 11?
(a) A village.
(b) A hill.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A military camp.

3. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
(a) Large magnets.
(b) Seismograph machines.
(c) Metal detectors.
(d) Cell phones.

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

5. What type of ship has Glinn purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) An oil tanker.
(b) A aircraft carrier.
(c) A military destroyer.
(d) A cruise ship.

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. How much does Glinn tell Lloyd he will charge to complete the recovery of the meteorite from the Isla Desolacion in Chapter 8?

3. What does panteonero mean?

4. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

5. What is a dead man switch?

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