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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.
(c) To ask him to head his new science museum.
(d) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.

4. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?
(a) A huge oak tree.
(b) A large boulder.
(c) A small pine tree.
(d) A valley in the snowfield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Glinn ask to meet McFarlane in Chapter 20?

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

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

4. What meal does McFarlane recall in Chapter 22 that Masangkay attempted to share with him five years previously as they hid from armored trucks in a foreign country?

5. What role is Amira supposed to play while on the expedition?

(see the answer key)

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