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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 53 Britton realizes Glinn is using what feature of the ship to help raise the ship to the level of the bluff in order to move the meteorite onto the tower built out of the cargo hold to safely lower the meteorite into the ship?
(a) The air tanks on the outside of the ship.
(b) The ballists.
(c) The lower levels of the ship.
(d) The oil tanks in the center of the ship.

3. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Half a million dollars.
(b) One hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Three quarters of a million dollars.
(d) One million dollars.

4. In Chapter 59, why is the box holding spare ship parts marked 40mm ordnance?
(a) To hide it from corrupt officials in the Navy Yard.
(b) To hide it from hijackers.
(c) To hide it from the crew.
(d) To hide it from thieves.

5. In Chapter 80, what does Britton discover missing from the main deck?
(a) Most of the containers and several davits.
(b) Most of the maindeck.
(c) All of the crew assigned to the area.
(d) All the mining equipment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 28, what item does Vallenar ask the man he is interviewing to give to him?

3. What type of ship has Glinn purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?

4. What state does the meteorite become when it reaches its melting point?

5. In Chapter 84, who took command of the Rolvaag's crew after Britton left the bridge?

(see the answer key)

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