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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 53-59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 44, what does Glinn instruct his men to ask Britton to send to the staging area?
(a) A radio.
(b) Food.
(c) Medical supplies.
(d) A generator.

2. In Chapter 42, how does Timmer find the door to the tunnel where the meteorite sits?
(a) He sees light beneath a keg of nails.
(b) He sees the guard come from a steel door hidden under a insignificant worker's tent.
(c) He forces the guard to tell him before he kills him.
(d) He sees people milling around the open door.

3. In Chapter 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) W.H. Auden.

4. In Chapter 57, how does Glinn disable the Almirante Ramirez?
(a) By firing a weapon from the deck of the Rolvaag.
(b) By sending a man to commandeer the bridge.
(c) By setting off explosive previously placed on the ship's screws.
(d) By forcing it into the rocks along the cliff side of the Isla Desolacion.

5. What is a dead man switch?
(a) A switch to sink the ship should their mission be discovered.
(b) A switch to remove casualties of an accident quickly.
(c) A switch to cut power to the bridge in an emergency.
(d) A ejection switch to quickly remove the meteorite in an emergency.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Amira tell McFarlane that Glinn earned his military experience?

3. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?

4. Where does Glinn ask to meet McFarlane in Chapter 20?

5. In Chapter 59, why does Vallenar request a team of six go into the water to repair the propellers?

(see the answer key)

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