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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?
(a) One million dollars.
(b) One hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Half a million dollars.
(d) Three quarters of a million dollars.

2. What drink has been banned from the Rolvaag?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Coffee.

3. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?
(a) Brambell.
(b) McFarlane.
(c) Amira.
(d) Rochefort.

4. 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?
(a) Meteorites belong to whoever recovers them first.
(b) Chile does not own the island, the Yaghan Indians do.
(c) Meteorites, no matter where they are located, are owned by the American government.
(d) Glinn and team have mining claims to the island.

5. 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 Triceratops.
(b) The intertwined skeletons of two dinosaurs.
(c) A large Tyrannosaurus.
(d) The site of an ancient cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

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

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

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

5. What is the 'night lunch' mentioned in Chapter 11?

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