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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lloyd want to call the meteorite?
(a) Desolation meteorite.
(b) Lloyd meteorite.
(c) Chilean meteorite.
(d) Rolvaag meteorite.

2. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?
(a) No known metal alloys can create such a color.
(b) It is only a reflection of the soil around it.
(c) It is paint put on the meteorite by jokesters.
(d) No meteorite in history has ever been that color.

3. How much does Garza believe the meteorite weighs as discussed in Chapter 31?
(a) Ten hundred thousand tons.
(b) Ten thousand tons.
(c) Ten thousand ounces.
(d) Ten thousand pounds.

4. In Chapter 36, Puppup claims to have inherited the remaining treasures of the Yaghan Indians. What does he say he did with it?
(a) Hid it on a remote island.
(b) Sold it and gave it to his wife's family.
(c) Gave it to a museum.
(d) Sold it and drank the profits.

5. What is the name of the channel where the Rolvaag lowers its anchor during the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) Franklin Channel.
(b) Lincoln Channel.
(c) Elizabeth Channel.
(d) Jefferson Channel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 28, how does Vallenar force the man he is interviewing to tell him the truth?

4. In Chapter 31, Rochefort tells McFarlane they have placed what percentage of extra jacks under the meteorite?

5. According to Amira in Chapter 41, what is the look?

(see the answer key)

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