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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?
(a) Oil.
(b) Gold.
(c) A meteorite.
(d) Silver.

2. In Chapter 31, Rochefort tells McFarlane they have placed what percentage of extra jacks under the meteorite?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Fifty percent.
(c) Ninety percent.
(d) Forty percent.

3. What type of bit do Amira and McFarlane attempt to drill the meteorite with?
(a) A diamond bit.
(b) An iron bit.
(c) A steel bit.
(d) A glass bit.

4. What unsettling thing does Vallenar do to the Rolvaag in Chapter 36?
(a) Cruises toward them in a collision course.
(b) Locks weapons.
(c) Fires machine gun weapons at them.
(d) Boards them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?

2. In Chapter 48, why does Glinn visit the Almirante Ramirez?

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

4. What does the team initially use, as seen in Chapter 23, to remove the dirt over the top of the meteorite?

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

(see the answer key)

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