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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 weather like in Chapter 1 as Masangkay unearths part of his find?
(a) Dry.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Hot.
(d) Rainy.

2. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?
(a) The trill of the r's.
(b) The strange consonants.
(c) The strange clicks of the language.
(d) The guttural sounds of the language.

3. What is the name of the Thomas Cole painting Palmer Lloyd loves the most of all his rare and valuable belongings, as described in Chapter 5?
(a) Sunny Morning on the Hudson River.
(b) Sunny Morning in Chile.
(c) Sunny Morning in Acapulco.
(d) Sunny Morning on the Mississippi.

4. For what reason is it revealed in Chapter 9 Captain Britton went to rehab?
(a) Anorexia.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) Bulemia.

5. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?
(a) To ask him to head his new science museum.
(b) To ask him to organize an expedition to recover a meteorite.
(c) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.
(d) To ask him to to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?

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

3. What is Isla Desolacion?

4. How much does Glinn say it will cost to determine if EES can recover the meteorite from Isla Desolacion in Chapter 7?

5. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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