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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a dead man switch?
(a) A switch to sink the ship should their mission be discovered.
(b) A switch to remove casualties of an accident quickly.
(c) A ejection switch to quickly remove the meteorite in an emergency.
(d) A switch to cut power to the bridge in an emergency.

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

3. In Chapter 35, Glinn tells the team that the mass of the meteorite has been updated after the jack failure. What is the new estimated mass?
(a) Twenty-five thousand pounds.
(b) Twenty-five hundred thousand tons.
(c) Twenty-five hundred thousand pounds.
(d) Twenty-five thousand tons.

4. What famous assassination are Glinn's team reenacting when McFarlane arrives at EES's offices in Chapter 6?
(a) John Fitzgerald Kennedy's death in Dallas.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in Memphis.
(c) Lee Harvey Oswald's death in Dallas.
(d) Abraham Lincoln's death in Washington, D.C.

5. 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 Mississippi.
(b) Sunny Morning in Acapulco.
(c) Sunny Morning in Chile.
(d) Sunny Morning on the Hudson River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does Garza believe the meteorite weighs as discussed in Chapter 31?

3. In Chapter 30, McFarlane says tests on a sample of the meteorite will reveal what properties?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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