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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?
(a) The strange consonants.
(b) The guttural sounds of the language.
(c) The trill of the r's.
(d) The strange clicks of the language.

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

3. How has Glinn disguised the labs to be used in the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) To look like shipping containers.
(b) To look like a medical lab.
(c) To look like oil excavating equipment.
(d) To look like mining equipment.

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 does not want them given the right to step on Chilean soil.
(c) He has tried to mine gold there himself.
(d) He believes all foreigners are looking for gold.

5. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?
(a) Brambell.
(b) Rochefort.
(c) McFarlane.
(d) Amira.

6. What is the profession of the man Vallenar interviews in Chapter 28?
(a) Dealer in used eletronic equipment.
(b) Dealer in illegal government documents.
(c) Dealer in cheap ship repair equipment.
(d) Dealer in illegal surveillance.

7. What famous assassination are Glinn's team reenacting when McFarlane arrives at EES's offices in Chapter 6?
(a) Lee Harvey Oswald's death in Dallas.
(b) Abraham Lincoln's death in Washington, D.C.
(c) John Fitzgerald Kennedy's death in Dallas.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in Memphis.

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

9. In Chapter 13 Glinn claims they have legal right to take the meteorite despite their desire to keep the meteorite secret. How is this true?
(a) Glinn and team have mining claims to the island.
(b) Meteorites belong to whoever recovers them first.
(c) Meteorites, no matter where they are located, are owned by the American government.
(d) Chile does not own the island, the Yaghan Indians do.

10. What state does the meteorite become when it reaches its melting point?
(a) Semi-liquid.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Vapor.
(d) Gas.

11. How much does Garza believe the meteorite weighs as discussed in Chapter 31?
(a) Ten thousand tons.
(b) Ten hundred thousand tons.
(c) Ten thousand ounces.
(d) Ten thousand pounds.

12. What does the team initially use, as seen in Chapter 23, to remove the dirt over the top of the meteorite?
(a) Graters.
(b) Spades.
(c) Shovels.
(d) Back hoes.

13. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) A machine used to find magnetic activity under the groun.
(b) A machine used to dig in isolated areas.
(c) A machine used to measure earthquakes.
(d) A machine used to see underneath the earth without digging.

14. What role is Amira supposed to play while on the expedition?
(a) McFarlane's secretary.
(b) McFarlane's assistant.
(c) Glinn's secretary.
(d) Glinn's assistant.

15. In Chapter 30, McFarlane says tests on a sample of the meteorite will reveal what properties?
(a) Electron configuration, chemical, and atomic radius.
(b) Electrical and chemical only.
(c) Electrical, chemical, and physical.
(d) Physical, chemical, and electron configuration.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the name of the meteorite that caused the falling out between McFarlane and Masangkay?

4. What does Glinn provide in Chapter 23 to help christen the meteorite?

5. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?

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