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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 an island of stability?
(a) A group of elements low on the periodic table that are stable.
(b) A hypothetical group of elements high on the periodic table that are stable.
(c) A ship that floats on the upper most layer of water.
(d) A floating island that will not tip.

2. In Chapter 41, what does Garza call the plan that they intend to use to move the meteorite from the staging site to the bluffs above the Rolvaag?
(a) Cover and run.
(b) Hide and dash.
(c) Run and hide.
(d) Cut and cover.

3. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?
(a) He insists it is his island, not theirs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He walks away.

4. How big does Garza believe the meteorite is as discussed in Chapter 31?
(a) Ten feet in diameter.
(b) Four feet in diameter.
(c) Forty-two feet in diameter.
(d) Twenty feet in diameter.

5. Who does Glinn reveal has the only key to the dead man switch in Chapter 13?
(a) Glinn, Lloyd, and Britton.
(b) Glinn, Rochefort, and Garza.
(c) Glinn, McFarlane, and Amira.
(d) Glinn, McFarlane, and Howell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?

2. Who does Puppup believe is responsible for the deaths of Evans, Rochefort, and Masangkay?

3. What is a dead man switch?

4. In Chapter 36, Glinn claims his great-great-great grandfather kidnapped what relative of Puppup's?

5. What meal does McFarlane recall in Chapter 22 that Masangkay attempted to share with him five years previously as they hid from armored trucks in a foreign country?

(see the answer key)

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