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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 does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) Oil.
(b) A meteorite.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

2. Where does Amira tell McFarlane that Glinn earned his military experience?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Russia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Korea.

3. What is the profession of the man Vallenar interviews in Chapter 28?
(a) Dealer in used eletronic equipment.
(b) Dealer in cheap ship repair equipment.
(c) Dealer in illegal surveillance.
(d) Dealer in illegal government documents.

4. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?
(a) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.
(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 to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.

5. How much does Glinn tell Lloyd he will charge to complete the recovery of the meteorite from the Isla Desolacion in Chapter 8?
(a) One hundred million dollars.
(b) One hundred fifty million dollars.
(c) Three hundred million dollars.
(d) Three hundred fifty million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vallenar dislike disposable razors as discussed in Chapter 28?

2. How has Glinn disguised the labs to be used in the recovery of the meteorite?

3. What is Christie's, the setting of Chapter 3?

4. What does Amira claim uses more calories than jogging?

5. What does Rochefort manually release on the jacks in Chapter 34?

(see the answer key)

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