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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 is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?
(a) Eating.
(b) Writing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Watching television.

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

3. In Chapter 42, what damage to the cart beneath the meteorite makes McFarlane believe the disturbance was an electrical arc rather than a bomb?
(a) Damage to the inside of the tunnel.
(b) Melted metal and burning tires.
(c) Melted rock and a burning corpse.
(d) Damage to the bottom of the meteorite.

4. What impending situation is mentioned in both Chapters 39 and 40?
(a) An expected tsunami.
(b) A possible earthquake.
(c) A possible panteonero.
(d) A hurricane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 32, what does Bramwell find unusual about Masangkay's bones?

2. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn orders the power stopped to all the jacks under the meteorite?

3. In Chapter 38, McFarlane recognizes the twin fangs of Hanuxa as what geological formations?

4. 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?

5. What did Nestor Masangkay call Isla Desolacion?

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