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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does McFarlane do to Masangkay's remains in Chapter 22?
(a) Covers them with rocks.
(b) Gathers them together to take back to the ship.
(c) Leaves them exposed to the elements.
(d) Buries them.

3. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?
(a) No one believed him.
(b) No one respects him enough to care about his opinion.
(c) He has no authority over them.
(d) He is just a crazy old man.

4. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?
(a) On the Arizona-New Mexico border.
(b) On the border of California and Mexico.
(c) In Alaska.
(d) In Chile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an island of stability?

2. What did Nestor Masangkay call Isla Desolacion?

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

4. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?

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