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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 78-85.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 83, who accompanies Glinn to the abandoned cargo hold?
(a) Rochefort.
(b) Garza.
(c) Puppup.
(d) Amira.

2. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?
(a) To ask him to organize an expedition to recover a meteorite.
(b) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.
(c) To ask him to to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.
(d) To ask him to head his new science museum.

3. In Chapter 60, who is in charge of the team sent to finish the welds on the meteorite's cradle?
(a) Garza.
(b) Rochefort.
(c) Glinn.
(d) McFarlane.

4. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?
(a) He does not believe there is iron ore on the island.
(b) He believes all foreigners are looking for gold.
(c) He does not want them given the right to step on Chilean soil.
(d) He has tried to mine gold there himself.

5. In Chapter 73, what failure does Garza report will cause the meteorite to eventually break free of its cradle?
(a) Failure of the tarps enclosing the meteorite.
(b) Failure of the hull along the sides of the cargo hold.
(c) Failure of mulitple welds at once.
(d) Failure of critical point welds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Christie's, the setting of Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 55, what part of the ship does Britton report has hit the edge of the bluff?

3. In Chapter 51, Glinn reveals that EES controls what vital component of the Rolvaag?

4. In Chapter 69, what do Amira and McFarlane use to protect the ship from the meteorite's power?

5. In Chapter 63, who is the first person interviewed in the investigation into the discharge of the meteorite?

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