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

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

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

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

5. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) A machine used to measure earthquakes.
(b) A machine used to see underneath the earth without digging.
(c) A machine used to find magnetic activity under the groun.
(d) A machine used to dig in isolated areas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?

2. Who is the author of the story mentioned in Chapter 12, 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'?

3. What does Glinn provide in Chapter 23 to help christen the meteorite?

4. What does panteonero mean?

5. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?

(see the answer key)

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