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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 29, what does Amira say Glinn hates?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Hope.
(d) Children.

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

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

4. In Chapter 28, what item does Vallenar ask the man he is interviewing to give to him?
(a) A copy of the Rolvaag's custom papers.
(b) A rock.
(c) A set of propellors.
(d) A piece of raw gold.

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

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

7. In Chapter 35, Glinn tells the team that the mass of the meteorite has been updated after the jack failure. What is the new estimated mass?
(a) Twenty-five thousand tons.
(b) Twenty-five hundred thousand pounds.
(c) Twenty-five hundred thousand tons.
(d) Twenty-five thousand pounds.

8. How much does Glinn tell Lloyd he will charge to complete the recovery of the meteorite from the Isla Desolacion in Chapter 8?
(a) One hundred fifty million dollars.
(b) Three hundred million dollars.
(c) One hundred million dollars.
(d) Three hundred fifty million dollars.

9. What is a dead man switch?
(a) A ejection switch to quickly remove the meteorite in an emergency.
(b) A switch to remove casualties of an accident quickly.
(c) A switch to cut power to the bridge in an emergency.
(d) A switch to sink the ship should their mission be discovered.

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

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

12. What does McFarlane want to call the meteorite?
(a) EES meteorite.
(b) McFarlane meteorite.
(c) MasanFarlane meteorite.
(d) Masangkay meteorite.

13. 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) Cover and run.
(c) Run and hide.
(d) Cut and cover.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?

2. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?

3. What does Lloyd want to call the meteorite?

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

5. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?

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