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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He insists it is his island, not theirs.
(c) He cries.
(d) He walks away.

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

3. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?
(a) No known metal alloys can create such a color.
(b) No meteorite in history has ever been that color.
(c) It is paint put on the meteorite by jokesters.
(d) It is only a reflection of the soil around it.

4. In Chapter 36, Puppup claims to have inherited the remaining treasures of the Yaghan Indians. What does he say he did with it?
(a) Sold it and gave it to his wife's family.
(b) Gave it to a museum.
(c) Hid it on a remote island.
(d) Sold it and drank the profits.

5. What did Nestor Masangkay call Isla Desolacion?
(a) The edge of the universe.
(b) A true frozen wonderland.
(c) A true place of desolation.
(d) The edge of the world.

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

7. 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?
(a) Hide and dash.
(b) Cut and cover.
(c) Cover and run.
(d) Run and hide.

8. What is Isla Desolacion?
(a) An island off the coast of Brazil.
(b) An island off the coast of Peru.
(c) An island off the coast of Mexico.
(d) An island off the coast of Chile.

9. Where does Amira tell McFarlane that Glinn earned his military experience?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Korea.
(c) Russia.
(d) Vietnam.

10. How does Glinn plan to keep the meteorite stable during travel?
(a) By wrapping it plastic.
(b) By placing it in a cradle.
(c) By tying it down with cargo straps.
(d) By placing it in a shipping container.

11. 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?
(a) Spam.
(b) Ramen noodles.
(c) Cold sandwiches.
(d) Sardines.

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

13. 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) Meteorites belong to whoever recovers them first.
(b) Chile does not own the island, the Yaghan Indians do.
(c) Glinn and team have mining claims to the island.
(d) Meteorites, no matter where they are located, are owned by the American government.

14. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn orders the power stopped to all the jacks under the meteorite?
(a) The jacks fall too quickly.
(b) The jacks fail.
(c) The jacks drop the meteorite.
(d) The jacks lock up.

15. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?
(a) He has no authority over them.
(b) No one respects him enough to care about his opinion.
(c) No one believed him.
(d) He is just a crazy old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?

2. What type of bit do Amira and McFarlane attempt to drill the meteorite with?

3. What does McFarlane do to Masangkay's remains in Chapter 22?

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

5. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

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