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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Puppup believe is responsible for the deaths of Evans, Rochefort, and Masangkay?
(a) Glinn.
(b) Vallenar.
(c) Haraxa.
(d) Hanuxa.

2. What is McFarlane's pet theory that is revealed in Chapter 25?
(a) Intergalaxy meteorites.
(b) Meteorites buried so long they absorbe the color of the earth around them.
(c) Meteorites created by colliding stars.
(d) Interstellar meteorites.

3. In Chapter 39, what does the letter Vallenar reads tell him about the Rolvaag's mining expedition on Isla Desolacion?
(a) They are searching for silver.
(b) They are not mining for gas.
(c) They are searching for oil.
(d) They are not searching for gold.

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

5. Why does Vallenar dislike disposable razors as discussed in Chapter 28?
(a) They are cheap.
(b) Two blades are a waste when one is good enough. It is typical of American inventions.
(c) They do not shave closely enough.
(d) Two blades are not enough to give a good shave.

6. 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.

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

8. What type of ship has Glinn purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) A cruise ship.
(b) An oil tanker.
(c) A aircraft carrier.
(d) A military destroyer.

9. In Chapter 32, what does Bramwell find unusual about Masangkay's bones?
(a) They are all too small for a male.
(b) They are all burnt.
(c) They are all broken.
(d) They are mixed with animal bones.

10. Where does Glinn ask to meet McFarlane in Chapter 20?
(a) The bridge.
(b) The sickbay.
(c) The library.
(d) The captain's mess.

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

12. What does panteonero mean?
(a) Cemetery wind.
(b) Typhoon.
(c) Death's breath.
(d) Graveyard breeze.

13. What is the weather like in Chapter 1 as Masangkay unearths part of his find?
(a) Hot.
(b) Dry.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

14. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?
(a) In Alaska.
(b) On the Arizona-New Mexico border.
(c) On the border of California and Mexico.
(d) In Chile.

15. 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 believes all foreigners are looking for gold.
(d) He has tried to mine gold there himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the man Vallenar interviews in Chapter 28?

2. In Chapter 41, what does Garza call the plan that they intend to use to move the meteorite from the staging site to the bluffs above the Rolvaag?

3. What does Amira claim uses more calories than jogging?

4. In Chapter 36, Glinn claims his great-great-great grandfather kidnapped what relative of Puppup's?

5. How big does Garza believe the meteorite is as discussed in Chapter 31?

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